Ondine

Ondine

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Drama Romance

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

Director: Neil Jordan

Writer: Neil Jordan

Producer: Ben Browning, Neil Jordan, James Flynn

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.

111 min Rating: 6.322/10 Released
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Top Cast

Colin Farrell
Colin Farrell
 Syracuse
Alicja Bachleda-Curuś
Alicja Bachleda-Curuś
 Ondine
Dervla Kirwan
Dervla Kirwan
 Maura
Alison Barry
Alison Barry
 Annie
Marion O'Dwyer
Marion O'Dwyer
 Nurse - Dialysis
Tony Curran
Tony Curran
 Alex

Movie Info

Director: Neil Jordan

Writer: Neil Jordan

Producer: Ben Browning, Neil Jordan, James Flynn

Production Companies: Start Motion Pictures, Wayfare Entertainment, Octagon Films, Little Wave Productions, RTÉ, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland

Countries: Ireland, United States of America

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Wuchak: _**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 Stream” (2001) and “The Secret of Roan Inish” (1994). It mixes the haunting seaside fisherman element of “Orca” (1977) with the coastal mysteriousness of “Half Light” (2006), the romance of “Message in a Bottle” (1999) and the melancholic folk of “McCabe & Mrs. Miller” (1971). The filmmaking is artsy with seeming ambiguities, sometimes annoyingly so (depending on your taste), while exploring the concept of wish fulfillment in the face of grim realities. Bachleda’s beauty is tastefully displayed. The characters speak in Irish/Scottish brogue and the dialogue is often realistically mumbled, making it difficult to understand for outsiders. Unfortunately, there are no English subtitles on the disc; so if you watch it via streaming I advise using subtitles. The folk-oriented soundtrack sometimes throws in a welcome oddity like “Bathe in Blood” by Evile and "Then Comes Dudley" by The Jesus Lizard. The film runs 1 hour, 42 minutes and was shot at Beara, County Cork, Ireland. GRADE: B