Movielogr

movie poster

View on: IMDb | TMDb

The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)

Directed by John Sayles

Overview

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.

Rated PG | Length 103 minutes

Actors

Jeni Courtney | Eileen Colgan | Mick Lally | John Lynch | Pat Slowey | Dave Duffy | Declan Hannigan | Richard Sheridan | Micheal MacCarthaigh | Fergal McElherron | Brendan Conroy | Frankie McCafferty | Gerard Rooney | Susan Lynch | Suzanne Gallagher | Cillian Byrne | Linda Greer