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The Secret of Roan Inish movie storyline. 10-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 washed out to sea in a cradle shaped like a boat; someone in the family believes the boy is being raised by the seals. Then Fiona catches sight of a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish and takes an active role in uncovering he secret of Roan Inish.
The Secret of Roan Inish is a 1994 American/Irish independent film written and directed by John Sayles. It is based on the novel Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry, by Rosalie K. Fry. It is centered on the Irish and Orcadian folklores of selkies—seals that can shed their skins to become human.
The story, set on the west coast of Ireland, is about Fiona, a young girl who is sent to live with her grandparents and her cousin Eamon near the island of Roan Inish, where the selkies are rumored to reside. It is a family legend that her younger brother was swept away in his infancy and raised by a selkie. Part of the film takes place in Donegal.
The Secret of Roan Inish (1995)
Directed by: John Sayles
Starring: Jeni Courtney, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally, Pat Slowey, Declan Hannigan, Dave Duffy, Mairéad Ní Ghallchóir, Eugene McHugh, Richard Sheridan, Fergal McElherron
Screenplay by: John Sayles
Production Design by: Adrian Smith
Cinematography by: Haskell Wexler
Film Editing by: John Sayles
Costume Design by: Consolata Boyle
Set Decoration by: Tom Conroy
Art Direction by: Dennis Bosher, Henry Harris, Lucy Richardson
Music by: Mason Daring
MPAA Rating: PG for some moments that may be disquieting to small children.
Distributed by: The Samuel Goldwyn Company
Release Date: January 21, 1995
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