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Ondine

2010 · 111 min

A gentle, bittersweet fairy tale grounded in harsh reality, blending hope and sorrow with a quiet, magical atmosphere.

Directed by
Neil Jordan
Genres
Drama, Romance
Tagline
The truth is not what you know. It's what you believe.
Overview
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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Directed by
Neil Jordan
Genres
Drama, Romance
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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • whimsicalstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • grief
  • family
  • love
  • redemption
  • healing
Places
  • small town
  • sea
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
teen
Form
  • nonlinear
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action2
Horror1
Humour3
Realism6
Romance6
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
drama, romance
Directed by
Neil Jordan
Written by
Neil Jordan
Starring
Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda-Curuś, Dervla Kirwan, Alison Barry, Marion O'Dwyer, Tony Curran, Mary O'Shea, Gemma Reeves
Music
Kjartan Sveinsson
Cinematography
Christopher Doyle
Runtime
111 min
Country
Ireland, United States of America
Languages
Romanian, English

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