| Ondine | |
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Promotional movie poster for the film |
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| Directed by | Neil Jordan |
| Produced by | Ben Browning James Flynn Neil Jordan |
| Written by | Neil Jordan |
| Starring | Colin Farrell Alicja Bachleda |
| Music by | Kjartan Sveinsson |
| Cinematography | Christopher Doyle |
| Editing by | Tony Lawson |
| Studio | Wayfare Entertainment Little Wave Octagon Films |
| Distributed by | Magnolia Pictures Paramount Vantage |
| Release date(s) | March 5, 2010 (Ireland) June 4, 2010 (USA) |
| Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | Ireland[1] |
| Language | English French Romanian |
Ondine is a 2009 Irish romantic drama film directed and written by Neil Jordan and starring Colin Farrell and Alicja Bachleda.
The film mixes themes from Irish mythology[2] into contemporary settings.
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Syracuse (Colin Farrell), called "Circus", is an Irish fisherman and former drunk, with a daughter named Annie, who is suffering kidney failure and uses a motorized wheelchair, and an ex-wife named Maura. One day, he finds a young woman (Alicja Bachleda-Curus) called Ondine in his net, whom he resuscitates. The woman is disoriented, but refuses hospitalization and doesn't want to be seen by people, so Syracuse takes her to his deceased mother’s house. Later, at dialysis, he tells Annie a story about a fisherman who pulled in his nets and discovered a woman. Annie believes the woman in the net is a selkie. A man is seen lurking around the docks seemly looking for someone or something. It is later revealed that Ondine is actually a Romainian drug mule and the man lurking around the docks is the man Ondine works for. The man finds Ondine and wants the backpack (full of drugs) she lost at sea while trying to evade the Coast Guard (which is why Syracuse found Ondine in the ocean) The backpack is in the ocean inside a lobster trap; as the Romainians are trying to get the trap, Ondine makes them trip over a rope and fall overboard. They cannot swim so they both drown. In the end Syracuse marries Ondine so she can stay in Ireland, but mostly because he and Annie love her.
Filming began on July 18, 2008 on location on the Béara Peninsula in Ireland, and was scheduled to finish on August 6, 2008.[3]
Ondine had its European premiere as part of the Jameson Dublin International Film Festival on February 18, 2010 in Dublin, Ireland. The film was released in the United States on June 4, 2010 by Magnolia Pictures with a MPAA Rating of PG-13 for some violence, sensuality and brief strong language.
The film currently holds a 70% Fresh rating on Review Aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes based on 94 reviews.[4] Critics have praised the film for its atmospheric almost dreamlike quality[5] while some have criticized the ending.[6][7] Critics have also praised the performance of Alison Barry as Annie, with Mary Pols stating: "Barry is such a relaxed and strong performer that she manages to shrug off the burden of Annie's precociousness."[8]
The Irish Film and Television Awards for Ondine (Octagon Films), February 20, 2010:
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