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05/03/2010 Drama, Romance 1h 51m
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The truth is not what you know. It's what you believe.

Overview

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.

  1. Neil Jordan

    Writer, Director

Top billed cast

  1. Colin Farrell

    Syracuse

  2. Alicja Bachleda-Curuś

    Ondine

  3. Dervla Kirwan

    Maura

  4. Alison Barry

    Annie

  5. Marion O'Dwyer

    Nurse - Dialysis

  6. Tony Curran

    Alex

  7. Mary O'Shea

    Fish Co Op Worker

  8. Gemma Reeves

    Draper's Shop Tracy

  9. Stephen Rea

    Priest

  10. View more

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Reviews

A review by Wuchak
Written by Wuchak on 2020-08-20
_**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 ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$12,000,000.00

Revenue
$1,790,061.00

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