Song of the Sea (2014 film)
Song of the Sea is a 2014 Irish animated fantasy film by Cartoon Saloon directed by Tomm Moore. The traditionally animated film, which began production soon after the release of The Secret of Kells 2009, premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival onSeptember in the TIFF Kids program. The film was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature at the 87th Academy Awards 2015.
The following night on Halloween, Saoirse plays the shell, alerting a group of Faerie creatures to her presence. Ben and Saoirse begin attempting to travel home, but encounter the Faeries who hope that Saoirse will sing the Song of the Sea and allow them and all their brethren to travel home to Tr na ng. Unfortunately, they are attacked by Machas owls, who turn the Faeries to stone. The siblings take a bus into the country, where they run into C, who had originally been following them to the city. Unfortunately, without her coat, Saoirse is rapidly growing deathly ill, shown by her hair turning white. They come across a sacred well that Saoirse falls into. Ben tries to follow her and meets the Great Seanachai, who tells Ben that his sister has been kidnapped by Machas owls. The Faerie also reveals that Saoirse is mute because she doesnt have her coat and will soon die without it. He gives the boy one of his hairs that will lead him to the witchs house, and in the process sees that the night his mother left, she departed into the sea and left Saoirse with their father, and realizes how unfair hes been to Saoirse all these years. Ben then meets Macha, who is not the villain he imagined. She claims that when her son, Mac Lir, suffered from a broken heart, she took away his suffering, turning him into the small island near Bens home. She is determined to do the same for everyone, even herself.Ben manages to rescue Saoirse and the shells song releases Machas feelings back into her, which helps her recognize the gravity of her actions. The witch helps Ben, Saoirse, and C fly back home with the spirits of Mac Lirs dogs. The children arrive home during a storm, and Conor attempts to take them back to the mainland to get Saoirse to a hospital at the same time, Granny is on her way to their island in search of her missing grandchildren. Ben dives into the sea in search of Saoirses coat, which he recovers with help from the seals and his father. The group is then washed up on
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