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The Secret of Roan Inish
MEANRANK
78/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Kinopoisk on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 95. Critics average 88, everyone else 75.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →Ten-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 was washed out to sea and never seen again, so when Fiona spies a naked little boy on the abandoned Isle of Roan Inish, she is compelled to investigate.
Details
- Director
- John Sayles
- Writer
- John Sayles
- Released
- 14 May 1994
- Country
- Ireland, United States
- Language
- English
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rated
- PG
- Budget
- $5.7M
- Box office
- $6.2M
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