A Shine of Rainbows

A Shine of Rainbows, also known as Toms and the Rainbows, is a 2009 Irish family drama, directed and cowritten by Vic Sarin, and a film adaptation of the novel A Shine of Rainbows by Lillian Beckwith.

Toms makes friends with Nancy Tara Alice Scully and is greeted tepidly by Seamus Jack Gleeson. They take him to their secret cave, inhabited by bats. There, Toms runs away, scared, after which his two friends chase after him and console him. Toms is introduced to his new school and, unlike at his previous school, here he is generally accepted by the pupils. As Maires influence on him begins to shine through, he starts to gain in confidence and become drawn to wildlife.Soon thereafter, Alec and Toms get a little closer, and when Maire has to go to the mainland for some shopping, Alec and Toms go fishing. Together they find a young seal, apparently abandoned, on the beach. Christened Smudge by Toms, he wants to care for it and feeds it regularly for the next many days. ........

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