Ondine (film)
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Promotional movie poster for the film
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| Directed by | Neil Jordan |
| Produced by | Ben Browning James Flynn Neil Jordan |
| Written by | Neil Jordan |
| Starring |
Colin Farrell Alicja Bachleda |
| Music by | Kjartan Sveinsson |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
| Edited by | Tony Lawson |
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Production
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Wayfare Entertainment
Little Wave Octagon Films |
| Distributed by |
Magnolia Pictures Paramount Vantage |
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Running time
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111 minutes |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English French Romanian |
| Budget | $12 million |
| Box office | $1,644,755 |
Ondine is a 2009 Irish romantic drama film directed and written by Neil Jordan and starring Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda. The film was shot on location in Castletownbere, Ireland, and it touches upon the possible existence of the mythological selkie bringing hope and love to humans they so much want to become.
The film had its North American premiere as part of the Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 2009 in Toronto, Canada, and European premiere as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on 18 February 2010 in Dublin, Ireland.
Syracuse "Circus" (Colin Farrell) is trawling with his fishing boat and finds a scantily clad young woman caught in his net. He sees she is alive and resuscitates her. She calls herself Ondine (Alicja Bachleda) and refuses to be taken to hospital, not wanting to be seen by anyone else. He shelters her in a caravan house that belonged to his late mother in a quiet harbor, which makes him late for picking up his wheelchair-bound daughter Annie (Alison Barry), who lives with his ex-wife Maura (Dervla Kirwan). During Annie's dialysis, he tells her a story about a fisherman that catches a woman out of the sea. Annie explains the woman could be a magical selkie. Annie receives a new powerchair from the CRC, and upon returning home is greeted by Maura's boyfriend Alex (Tony Curran). Maura flips Circus off for missing the doctor who had news on a kidney match for Annie.
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