The Secret of Roan Inish
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A ten-year-old girl sent to live with her grandparents in an Irish fishing village discovers that her missing baby brother may still be alive on a nearby island — guarded by seals.
Why watch: Sayles adapts Irish selkie folklore. Rooted in Blasket Island memoirs from the 1920s.
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Cast
Jeni Courtney as Fiona
Eileen Colgan as Tess
Mick Lally as Hugh
John Lynch as Tadhg
Pat Slowey as Priest
Dave Duffy as Jim
Declan Hannigan as Oldest brother
Richard Sheridan as Eamon
Micheal MacCarthaigh as Schoolmaster
Fergal McElherron as Sean Michael
Brendan Conroy as Flynn
Frankie McCafferty as Tim
Gerard Rooney as Liam
Susan Lynch as Selkie
Suzanne Gallagher as Silkie's Daughter
Crew
John Sayles — Director
Rosalie K. Fry — Novel
John Sayles — Screenplay
Sarah Green — Producer
Glenn R. Jones — Executive Producer
Maggie Renzi — Producer
John Sloss — Executive Producer
Peter Newman — Executive Producer
John Hubbard — Casting
Ros Hubbard — Casting
Haskell Wexler — Director of Photography
John Sayles — Editor
Adrian Smith — Production Design
Dennis Bosher — Art Direction
Henry Harris — Art Direction
Lucy Richardson — Art Direction
Consolata Boyle — Costume Design
Mason Daring — Original Music Composer
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