Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Ireland. She soon learns the local legend that an ancestor of hers married a Selkie – a seal who can turn into a human. Years earlier, her baby brother was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.
Genre: Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama
Stars: Jeni Courtney, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally, John Lynch, Pat Slowey, Dave Duffy
Crew: John Sayles (Screenplay), John Sayles (Director), Rosalie K. Fry (Novel), Ros Hubbard (Casting), Des Hughes (Second Assistant Director), John Hubbard (Casting)
Country: Ireland, United States of America
Language: English, Gaeilge
Studio: Jones Entertainment Group, Skerry Movies, Peter Newman Productions, First Look Pictures, Samuel Goldwyn Company
Runtime: 103 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: May 14, 1994
IMDb: 4.3
Keywords:sea, island, legend, family history, family relationships, seagull, ireland, storytelling, seal (animal), seaweed, talking to animals, fishing boat, lost at sea, lost son, selkie, isolated, gaelic music, irish folklore, human becoming an animal, irish sea, animal behaviour, animal human friendship, animals & nature, donegal, grandfather granddaughter relationship, inishtrahull island, gaelic
