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Selkie

2000 · 88 min

A gentle, sunlit coming-of-age fantasy that coasts along on curiosity and mild wonder rather than peril.

Overview
Teenager Jamie moves with his mother, sister and grandfather to an island off the South Australian coast where mum has a job running a marine research station. To his discomfort, Jamie discovers he's a "selkie" - half human, half seal - that explains the webbing on his hands and also why he changes completely into a seal as soon as he hits water.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
easy-watch, 2 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • identity
  • coming-of-age
  • family
  • nature
  • isolation
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
family
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror1
Humour3
Realism4
Romance2
Tension3
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
adventure, family, fantasy
Directed by
Donald Crombie
Written by
Rob George
Starring
Shimon Moore, Chelsea Bruland, Mariana Rego, Celine O'Leary, Bryan Marshall, Elspeth Ballantyne, Edmund Pegge, Holly Myers
Cinematography
David Foreman
Runtime
88 min
Country
Australia
Languages
English

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