Drama, Romance
On the coast of Cork, Syracuse is a divorced fisherman who has stopped drinking. His precocious daughter Annie has failing kidneys. One day, he finds a nearly-drowned young woman in his net; she calls herself Ondine and wants no one to see her. He puts her up in an isolated cottage that was his mother's. Annie discovers Ondine's presence and believes she is a selkie, a seal that turns human while on land. Syracuse is afraid to hope again.
MOVIE COMMENTS
SIMILAR MOVIES
Night Tide
Brief Crossing
Factory Girl
Mean Creek
Skin Deep
The Parent Trap
Nabbed by the Nipper
A Love Song for Bobby Long
Suzhou River
Dog Days
Julia
Neandertal
Viimeinen vieras
Angel
Sea of Love
It Ends with the Taste of Smoke
Don't Buy the Liverwurst
Valley Girl
The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
Shakes the Clown
SIMILAR MOVIES
Night Tide
IMDB 6.4 | Jul , 1961
A young sailor falls in love with a mysterious woman performing as a mermaid on the local pier. As they become entwined, he comes to suspect the woman might be a real mermaid who lures men to a watery death during the full moon. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with The Film Foundation in 2007.Brief Crossing
IMDB 5.7 | Mar , 2001
A young French man and an older English woman spend one night together on a ship.Factory Girl
IMDB 6 | Dec , 2006
In the mid-1960s, wealthy debutant Edie Sedgwick meets artist Andy Warhol. She joins Warhol's famous Factory and becomes his muse. Although she seems to have it all, Edie cannot have the love she craves from Andy, and she has an affair with a charismatic musician, who pushes her to seek independence from the artist and the milieu.Mean Creek
IMDB 6.8 | Aug , 2004
Teenagers living in small-town Oregon take a boat trip for a birthday celebration. When they get an idea to play a mean trick on the town bully, it suddenly goes too far. Soon they're forced to deal with the unexpected consequences of their actions.Skin Deep
IMDB 6.1 | Mar , 1989
Hard-drinking novelist Zach Hutton spirals out of control after his wife and mistress both leave him. Alone and crippled by a bad case of writer's block, Zach slips in and out of casual relationships and one-night stands, while his drinking becomes more and more severe. With the help of a bartender and his therapist, Zach confronts his demons — women and alcohol.The Parent Trap
IMDB 7.2 | Jul , 1998
Hallie Parker and Annie James are identical twins who were separated at a young age due to their parents' divorce. Unbeknownst to their parents, the girls are sent to the same summer camp, where they meet, discover the truth about their relationship, and come up with a plan to switch places in an effort to reunite their mother and father.Nabbed by the Nipper
IMDB 0 | Jun , 1902
Match boy saves mother and baby from drunken husband.A Love Song for Bobby Long
IMDB 6.8 | Sep , 2004
A headstrong young woman returns to New Orleans after the death of her estranged mother.Suzhou River
IMDB 7.2 | Apr , 2000
After getting out of prison, small-time crook Mardar stumbles upon a woman who looks exactly like his long-lost lover, who he attempted to kidnap 3 years ago.Dog Days
IMDB 6.5 | Sep , 2001
Vignettes of the lives of several residents of a Vienna suburb during a heat wave.Julia
IMDB 6.7 | Mar , 2008
An alcoholic becomes involved in a fellow A.A. member's plan to kidnap her young son from the boy's wealthy grandfather.Neandertal
IMDB 6 | Jul , 2006
17-year-old Guido suffers since his early childhood from neurodermatitis. After being taken to the hospital due to a heavy attack, he starts to question his personal and familiar environment and discovers that his parents’ relationship – which he assumed to be happy and sound – is built on lies. Unable to deal with this disappointment, he flees from it and moves in with his older brother and his roommates...Viimeinen vieras
IMDB 0 | Mar , 1941
Inspector Puosu investigates the murder of smuggler Nelly with journalist Harn. Doubts are directed at wholesaler Antti Rajapalo, whose innocence is believed only by Rajapalo's secretary Ane Arvila.Angel
IMDB 5.5 | Feb , 2007
Edwardian England. A precocious girl from a poor background with aspirations to being a novelist finds herself swept to fame and fortune when her tasteless romances hit the best seller lists. Her life changes in unexpected ways when she encounters an aristocratic brother and sister, both of whom have cultural ambitions, and both of whom fall in love with her.Sea of Love
IMDB 6.6 | Sep , 1989
Seen-it-all New York detective Frank Keller is unsettled - he has done twenty years on the force and could retire, and he hasn't come to terms with his wife leaving him for a colleague. Joining up with an officer from another part of town to investigate a series of murders linked by the lonely hearts columns he finds he is getting seriously and possibly dangerously involved with Helen, one of the main suspects.It Ends with the Taste of Smoke
IMDB 0 | Jul , 2013
Conversation between man and woman that leads to some unexpected events.Don't Buy the Liverwurst
IMDB 0 | Apr , 2025
Washed-up novelty musician Reuben Gimbel wants to resurrect his career after his agent dies.Valley Girl
IMDB 6 | Apr , 1983
Julie, a girl from the valley, meets Randy, a punk from the city. They are from different worlds and find love. Somehow they need to stay together in spite of her trendy, shallow friends.The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things
IMDB 5.8 | Sep , 2004
Young Jeremiah lives in a stable environment with loving foster parents until the day his troubled mother, Sarah, returns to claim him. Jeremiah becomes swept up in his mother's dangerous world of drugs, seedy hotels, strip joints and revolving lovers. Salvation comes in the form of the boy's ultrareligious grandparents, but soon Jeremiah's mother returns. Maternal love binds the pair together on the road until Sarah's desperate and depraved lifestyle finally consumes her.Shakes the Clown
IMDB 5.4 | Aug , 1991
Shakes plods about his duties as party clown, and uses all of his free time getting seriously drunk. Binky, another clown, wins the spot on a local kiddie show, which depresses Shakes even more, and his boss threatens him with unemployment if he can't get his act under control.