The Secret Of Roan Inish (1994)
Directed by John Sayles · Cinematography by Haskell Wexler
PG103 min65 frames
AdventureFantasyFamilyDrama
Between land and sea there is a place where myths are real.
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What is The Secret Of Roan Inish about?
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.
The Secret of Roan Inish is a 1994 independent fantasy adventure film written and directed by John Sayles. It is based on the 1957 novel Secret of the Ron Mor Skerry by Rosalie K. Fry. The film draws upon Irish and Orcadian folklore about selkies—seals that can shed their skins to become human. The film's story takes place in the northwestern Irish province of Ulster. It follows Fiona, a young girl who is sent to live with her grandparents and her cousin Eamon near the island of Roan Inish, where the selkies are rumored to live. After discovering that Fiona's lost younger brother is living among the seals, Fiona and Eamon try to bring him back to their family.
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Sampled across 63 frames, the coverage of The Secret Of Roan Inish leans on medium shots (38% of the sample) and wide compositions (27%). Cinematographer Haskell Wexler keeps 60% of it in soft, naturalistic light. Night and dusk account for 48% of the frames. Vintage glass shapes the frame. Focus stays shallow in 71% of the frames, isolating subjects from their surroundings.
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