The Secret of Roan Inish
1994 · 103 MIN · IMDB 7.4 · 10,212 VOTES · DIR. John Sayles
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 836 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:02:17 Lord of all flesh...
00:06:19 Fiona.
00:08:36 I think I do.
00:10:23 I'll not have nonsense and superstition in my house.
00:12:42 "You'll need to kill me to make me go back," he says.
00:15:06 and they bathed him, and wrapped him in blankets warmed in the hearth.
00:17:27 That's enough for now.
00:21:50 It was a strange day.
00:28:02 - Did he tell you the rumors? - About what?
00:31:30 Do you remember it, Fiona? That was your house at that end.
00:37:22 They weren't so bad, with a little cleaning.
00:40:03 Tadhg'd be your father's first cousin.
00:42:29 Clubbed to death, and made into coats, pouches and pampooties for the feet.
00:46:16 which she'd simmer over a driftwood fire...
00:49:23 it was the faces of his children told him his fears were true.
00:51:48 He has to deliver a parcel for the postman among the smaller islands.
00:58:16 Agreed.
01:01:09 Jax, I can't see you.
01:10:24 Someone's playin' tricks on us, and it might be you.
01:13:52 Nobody's been on the island for years.
01:23:50 Mother?
01:25:53 With him a big, handsome, powerful lad, with eyes that melted all the girls.
01:28:12 The seals have been lookin' after him.
01:32:06 - It's a south wind, Grandfather. - Aye.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed836
Dialogue density8.1 lines / min
First line00:02:17
Final line01:32:06
Production Record
DirectorJohn Sayles
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,700,000
Revenue$6,160,000
IMDb votes10,212