The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
1h 43m
Running Time
May 14, 1994Release Date
The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)
1h 43m
Running Time
May 14, 1994Release Date
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Plot.
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.
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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

Cillian Byrne
Jamie

Linda Greer
Brigid

John Sayles
Screenplay / Director / Editor

Rosalie K. Fry
Novel

Morna Ferguson
Makeup Artist

John Hubbard
Casting

Des Hughes
Second Assistant Director

Dee Corcoran
Hairdresser

Kathy Sykes
Production Manager

Peter McAleese
First Assistant Director

Ros Hubbard
Casting

Claire Hughes
Third Assistant Director

Jasmine Kosovic
Post Production Supervisor

Mason Daring
Original Music Composer

John Sloss
Executive Producer

Lucy Richardson
Art Direction

Henry Harris
Art Direction
Media.











Details.
Release DateMay 14, 1994
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 43m
Content RatingPG
Budget$5,700,000
Box Office$6,160,000
Filming LocationsIsle of Mull, United Kingdom · Donegal, Ireland
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
island
legend
family relationships
ireland
seal
fishing boat
selkie
irish folklore
animal behaviour
sea
family history
seagull
storytelling
seaweed
talking to animals
lost at sea
lost son
isolated
gaelic music
human becoming an animal
irish sea
animal human friendship
animals & nature
donegal
grandfather granddaughter relationship
inishtrahull island
gaelic
Wiki.
The Secret of Roan Inish is a 1994 independent fantasy-adventure film written and directed by John Sayles. It is based on the 1957 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 Ulster in the north-west 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 Town.
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