Ondine

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  • Opened June 4, 2010 
  • 1 hr 51 min
  • PG-13 | brief strong language, some violence and sensuality

  • Parents: Common Sense Media says OK for kids 15+. More on child suitability

  • ONDINE is the story of Syracuse, a simple fisherman who catches a beautiful and mysterious woman in his trawler’s 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. Full synopsis

  • Cast: Colin Farrell, Alicja Bachleda, Alison Barry, Stephen Rea, Dervla Kirwan
  • Director: Neil Jordan
  • Genres: Art House/Foreign, Drama, Sci-Fi/Fantasy

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by viceroy

A magical fairy tale, very similar in concept to the old Whistle Down The Wind. Haunting music. Great acting. Tells the story of a supposed Selkie(?) or sea nymph (Ondine) caught in a fisherman's...

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Movieline
| Stephanie Zacharek

Ondine suggests that coincidence and magic are often the same thing. Read full review

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NPR
| Ella Taylor

Ondine plumbs the country's most resonant fairy tale and plays impishly along the borders of postcard fantasies of Ireland. Read full review

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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
| Joe Williams

Ondine is dipped in whimsy and might have drifted out to sea, but it's bounded on four sides by love stories -- between a father and a daughter, a man and a mermaid, an actor and his co-star, and a director and his country. Read full review

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Alicja Bachleda as Ondine and Colin Farrell as Syracuse in "Ondine."