Ondine (film)

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 touches the possible existence of the mythological selkie bringing hope and love to humans they so much want to become.

Syracuse Circus Colin Farrell is trawling with his fishing boat and pulls up a catch and finds a barely dressed 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 in a quiet harbor that belonged to his late mother, which makes him late for picking up his wheelchairbound daughter Annie Alison Barry who lives with his exwife Maura Dervla Kirwan. During Annies 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 is returned home and is greeted by Mauras boyfriend Alex Tony Curran. Maura flips Circus off for missing the doctor for news on a kidney match for Annie.Next morning, Circus finds Ondine washing clothes in a stream, singing in an unknown language. She follows him on his boat to work the day. Circus pulls up only empty lobster pots, until Ondine starts singing, after which every pot contains a catch. Still not wanting to be seen, Ondine doesnt follow Circus to the fish market where the lobsters are sold for a handsome profit. Circus buys a dress and lies to the store clerk that its for Annie when she grows up. ........

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