The truth is not what you know. It's what you believe.
On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds a nearly-drowned young woman in his net; she calls herself Ondine and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in an isolated cottage that was his mother's. Annie discovers Ondine's presence and believes she is a selkie, a seal that turns human while on land. Syracuse is afraid to hope again.
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- Wuchakon TMDB · Aug 20207/10
_**Arty Indie about a fisherman who finds a mysterious woman off the coast of Ireland**_ A fisherman from the Cork area of southern Ireland (Colin Farrell) finds an enigmatic female in the water (Alicja Bachleda) whom his handicapped daughter (Alison Barry) believes is a selkie, a being capable of changing from seal to human form by shedding its skin. What is the truth? Dervla Kirwan plays the ex-wife, Tony Curran the “stepdad” and Stephen Rea the guiding priest. Written & directed by Neil Jordan, “Ondine” (2009) is a lyrical coastal drama/mystery reminiscent of “The Seventh Stream” (2001) and “The Secret of Roan Inish” (1994). It mixes the haunting seaside fisherman element of “Orca” (1977) with the coastal mysteriousness of “Half Light” (2006), the romance of “Message in a Bottle” (1999) and the melancholic folk of “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (1971). The filmmaking is artsy with seeming ambiguities, sometimes annoyingly so (depending on your taste), while exploring the concept of wish fulfillment in the face of grim realities. Bachleda’s beauty is tastefully displayed. The characters speak in Irish/Scottish brogue and the dialogue is often realistically mumbled, making it difficult to
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Cast
- Colin FarrellSyracuse
- Alicja Bachleda-CuruśOndine
- Dervla KirwanMaura
- Alison BarryAnnie
- Marion O'DwyerNurse - Dialysis
- Tony CurranAlex
- Mary O'SheaFish Co Op Worker
- Gemma ReevesDraper's Shop Tracy
- Stephen ReaPriest
- Norma SheahanLibrarian
Crew
- Neil JordanDirector
- Neil JordanWriter
- Christopher DoyleDirector of Photography
- Kjartan SveinssonOriginal Music Composer
- Tony LawsonEditor
- Neil JordanProducer
- Ben BrowningProducer
- James FlynnProducer
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