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 he secret of Roan Inish.
Release Date: 3 February 1995Runtime: 103 min
Stars:
- Brendan Conroy
- Dave Duffy
- Declan Hannigan
- Eileen Colgan
- Eugene McHugh
- Fergal McElherron
- Frankie McCafferty
- Jeni Courtney
- John Lynch
- Mairéad Ní Ghallchóir
- Micheal MacCarthaigh
- Mick Lally
- Pat Slowey
- Richard Sheridan
- Tony Rubini
Director: John Sayles
