Ondine

Starring: Farrell, Colin

Product Description

ONDINE is the story of Syracuse, a simple fisherman who catches a beautiful and mysterious woman in his trawler nets. The woman seems to be dead, but then she comes alive before Syracuse's eyes and he thinks he may be seeing things. However, with the help of his ailing, yet irrepressible daughter, Annie, he comes to believe that the fantastical might be possible and that the woman (Ondine) might be a myth come true. Ondine and Syracuse fall passionately in love, but just as we think the fairytale might go on forever, the real world intercedes. Then, after a terrible car crash and the return of a dark and violent figure from Ondine's past, hope eventually prevails and a new beginning is presented to Syracuse, Ondine and Annie.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 876964003124
• Release Date: October 2014
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Magnolia Pict Hm Ent
• Director: Neil Jordan
• Starring: Farrell, Colin
• Runtime: 1 hour, 43 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.4" x 7.5"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

Is she or isn’t she?

An Irish fisherman played by Colin Farrell hauls up an interesting prize in his trawler net. It is a beautiful creature named Ondine (Alicja Bachleda). Ondine means from the sea. She seems a little awkward about the world. So, when the fisherman tells his daughter (Alison Barry) the tale, she knows he found a selkie, a mythical sea creature with powers and abilities. The fisherman is starting to see things through his daughter’s eyes, and so are we. Will the selkie stay for the allotted seven years or be carried away by her sea husband? Let’s hope everything turns out all right as in a fairytale. The highlight of the film for me is the encounters of the fisherman Syracuse and the local priest, played by Stephen Rea.