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The Secret of Roan Inish (1994)

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The Secret of Roan Inish is a 1994 American/Irish independent film written and directed by John Sayles. It is based on the novel The Secret of 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 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. 10-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 washed out to sea in a cradle shaped like a boat; someone in the family believes the boy is being raised by the seals. Then Fiona catches sight of a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish and takes an active role in uncovering The Secret of Roan Inish. Written by John Oswalt. Modified by Nancy Janelle.
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The Secret of Roan Inish, 1994, John Sayles, Jeni Courtney, Pat Slowey, Dave Duffy, Eileen Colgan, Mick Lally, Declan Hannigan, Mairéad Ní Ghallchóir, Eugene McHugh, Tony Rubini, Richard Sheridan, Micheal MacCarthaigh, Fergal McElherron, Brendan Conroy, John Lynch, Frankie McCafferty, animal film, seal, selkie, silkie
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