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The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)

Film · 1994 · 103 min · PG · Adventure · Fantasy · Family

Between land and sea there is a place where myths are real.

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.

Directed by John Sayles

Starring Jeni Courtney, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally, John Lynch, Pat Slowey, Dave Duffy, Declan Hannigan, Richard Sheridan

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In cinemas14 May 1994
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First release anywhere14 May 1994

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