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Ondine
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.
Release : | 2009 |
Rating : | 6.8 |
Studio : | Octagon Films, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, RTÉ, |
Crew : | Production Design, Director of Photography, |
Cast : | Colin Farrell Alicja Bachleda-Curuś Dervla Kirwan Alison Barry Marion O'Dwyer |
Genre : | Drama Romance |
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I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much
A lot of fun.
The joyful confection is coated in a sparkly gloss, bright enough to gleam from the darkest, most cynical corners.
There are moments in this movie where the great movie it could've been peek out... They're fleeting, here, but they're worth savoring, and they happen often enough to make it worth your while.
The Irish setting and the 'selkie' were the impressive stars of this film. Thankfully, I had closed captions to comprehend the script due to light volume and heavy accents. It was a lovely composition of sea, fantasy, beauty, with limited melodrama. I was unaware of this myth and was intrigued to see this concept developed with unexpected plot twists.Colin is a favorite actor and can overcome many questionable elements that compromise a quality film. I found the chemistry between Syra and Ondine quiet and reserved but extremely stirring. How could they curtail the interactions most expected from your typical Hollywood production? Certainly to Colin's chagrin and audience members! Many times when life turns on a dime it's actually a positive direction and correlated to meeting that one person who makes all the difference, albeit with subtlety. The hope and faith that collapses over time is transformed to a shining bright star and breathtaking to witness. Art mimics life and this film is a delight for confirmation.High recommend for Ireland sea landscape exposition and the 'selkie' fantasy extrapolation.
Syracuse (Colin Farrell) is an Irish fishermen with a young, wheelchair-bound daughter, Annie. Divorced from Annie's alcoholic mother, "Circus", his nickname, has been sober himself for four years. One day, he brings up his net and there is a beautiful, young lady caught in the threads. She is choking, gasping for air, but makes it back to breath. Thus, Circus has saved her life. When he tells his daughter a bedtime story of the event, Annie says it must be a mermaid that was captured. Dad says no, but when the woman, who says her name is Ondine, sings a haunting song which helps Circus catch more fish and lobster than normal, he himself begins to wonder. As she has no home, he places her in the seaside cabin that was belonged to his deceased mother. But, do mermaids or selkies really exist? What happens, too, when Circus and Ondine fall for each other? Will there love be broken by her need to return to the sea? This gorgeous film from acclaimed director Jordan is well worth watching, very much so. Farrelll gives a great turn, as does all of the others, including Stephen Rea as the local priest. You won't believe the extreme beauty of the setting while the story, which has some dark elements that surface late in the movie, is a heart-grabber. Indeed, see Ondine, and SOON!
old tale. and its new pieces. a film about heart of solitude, force of myth, beauty of faith. and love as arena of freedom. mystery, legend, the image of a child about a woman, a fisherman with many problems and a kind of spell. a not special movie with science to give crumbs of delicate emotions and to make a legend more profound. not very right in details but exercise of good art to create emotion. and nice occasion to understand the limits of reality as fruit of dream. a interesting surprise - role of Colin Farell. a smart way to sustain drawing of character - dialogs with the priest and circle of past. delicate solution to create a gray world with fragile borders. inspired music and images. a good movie. not extraordinary. just beautiful. like each slice of life.
A man makes a startling discovery that may or may not be magical in this drama from writer and director Neil Jordan entitled,Ondine.The film stars Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda together with Stephen Rea,Dervla Kirwan,Don Wycherley,Carrie Crowley and Alison Barry. In Ondine's storyline,Syracuse, called "Circus", is an Irish fisherman and former drunk, with a daughter named Annie, who is suffering kidney failure and uses a motorized wheelchair, and an ex-wife named Maura. One day, he finds a young woman called Ondine in his net, whom he resuscitates. The woman is disoriented, but refuses hospitalization and doesn't want to be seen by people, so Syracuse takes her to his deceased mother's house. Later, at dialysis, he tells Annie a story about a fisherman who pulled in his nets and discovered a woman. Annie believes the woman in the net is a selkie - a creature that are able to become human by taking off their seal skins, and can return to seal form by putting it back on. A man is seen lurking around the docks seemly looking for someone or something. It is later revealed that Ondine is actually a Romainian drug mule and the man lurking around the docks is the man Ondine works for. The man finds Ondine and wants the backpack (full of drugs) she lost at sea while trying to evade the Coast Guard (which is why Syracuse found Ondine in the ocean)The backpack is in the ocean inside a lobster trap; as the Romainians are trying to get the trap, Ondine makes them trip over a rope and fall overboard. They cannot swim so they both drown. In the end Syracuse marries Ondine so she can stay in Ireland, but mostly because he and Annie love her.This is a charming movie from Neil Jordan.Obviously,he made something magical out of a fairy tale. He makes us believe in the possibility of something we know to be impossible.Also,it is very romantic.The performance of Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda makes their love story convincing and compelling.This is a must-see for people who love fairy tales that is made for adults.