Ondine

Ondine

2010 · 111 min · EN · PG-13 · 6.4 (373 votes)
Dir. Neil Jordan · Starring Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry, Marion O'Dwyer, Tony Curran · Music Kjartan Sveinsson

“The truth is not what you know. It's what you believe.”

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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.

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A hauntingly beautiful, melancholic mood permeates this lyrical tale. It feels like a whispered myth by the sea, blending gritty reality with a touch of magical realism. Hope flickers against a backdrop of quiet desperation.

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