The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
May 14, 1994
Adventure, Fantasy, Family, Drama
1h 43m
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.
Cast & Crew
- Director
- John Sayles
Hugh Mick Lally
Tadhg John Lynch
Jim Dave Duffy
Oldest brother Declan Hannigan
Sean Michael Fergal McElherron
Flynn Brendan Conroy
Tim Frankie McCafferty
Selkie Susan Lynch
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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