1994 • PG • 1h 43m
6.7/10
(87 users) 
Overview
Ten-year-old Fiona is sent to live with her grandparents in a small fishing village in Donegal, Irel 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.
6.7/10
(87 users) Cast / Crew 
Jeni Courtney Fiona Eileen Colgan Tess 
Mick Lally Hugh 
John Lynch Tadhg Pat Slowey Priest 
Dave Duffy Jim 
Declan Hannigan Oldest brother Richard Sheridan Eamon Micheal MacCarthaigh Schoolmaster 
Fergal McElherron Sean Michael 
Brendan Conroy Flynn 
Frankie McCafferty Tim Gerard Rooney Liam 
Susan Lynch Selkie Suzanne Gallagher Silkie's Daughter 
John Sayles Screenplay John Sayles Director Rosalie K. Fry Novel 
Ros Hubbard Casting Des Hughes Second Assistant Director 
John Hubbard Casting Dee Corcoran Hairdresser Kathy Sykes Production Manager Morna Ferguson Makeup Artist Claire Hughes Third Assistant Director Jasmine Kosovic Post Production Supervisor Peter McAleese First Assistant Director 
Peter Newman Executive Producer Henry Harris Art Direction 
Haskell Wexler Director of Photography
Jeni Courtney Fiona Eileen Colgan Tess Mick Lally Hugh John Lynch Tadhg Pat Slowey Priest Dave Duffy Jim Declan Hannigan Oldest brother Richard Sheridan Eamon Micheal MacCarthaigh Schoolmaster Fergal McElherron Sean Michael Brendan Conroy Flynn Frankie McCafferty Tim Gerard Rooney Liam Susan Lynch Selkie Suzanne Gallagher Silkie's Daughter John Sayles Screenplay John Sayles Director Rosalie K. Fry Novel Ros Hubbard Casting Des Hughes Second Assistant Director John Hubbard Casting Dee Corcoran Hairdresser Kathy Sykes Production Manager Morna Ferguson Makeup Artist Claire Hughes Third Assistant Director Jasmine Kosovic Post Production Supervisor Peter McAleese First Assistant Director Peter Newman Executive Producer Henry Harris Art Direction Haskell Wexler Director of Photography 
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
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