The Secret of Roan Inish

1h 43min

Adventure

Fantasy

Family

Drama

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.

Production Companies

Jones Entertainment Group

Skerry Movies

Peter Newman Productions

First Look Pictures

The Samuel Goldwyn Company

Release date

14th May 1994

Status

Released

Spoken languages

English, Gaeilge