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Ondine
Ondine (2009)
Credits
Title: Ondine
Genres: Romance
Drama
Directed by: Neil Jordan
Written by: Neil Jordan
Produced by: Neil Jordan
Music by: Kjartan Sveinsson
Cinematography: Christopher Doyle
Edited by: Tony Lawson
Production
Distributed by: Wayfare Entertainment
Released: September 14th, 2009
Rating: PG-13
Running time: 111 min.
Country: Ireland
Language: English
Budget: $12,000,000 [1]
Gross: $548,934 [2]
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Ondine is an Irish independent film of the romantic drama genre. It was written and directed by Neil Jordan and presented by Wayfare Entertainment. It premiered at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada on September 14th, 2009. The movie stars Colin Farrell as Syracuse, an alcoholic fisherman who works off the coast of Southern Ireland. He finds a young woman trapped in his nets one day who claims to be a creature of folklore known as a Selkie. Naming her Ondine, Syracuse embarks upon a romantic courtship of the woman, always wondering if she is truly a magical creature, or simply just a woman he has now fallen in love with.

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  • Ondine redirects to this page.
  • Production on Ondine began on July 21st, 2008. Principal filming lasted for seven weeks.
  • The movie was filmed on-location in Castletownbere, Puleen Harbour, Dursey Island and Bere Island in County Cork, Ireland.
  • Has a tomatometer of 70% (Fresh rating) at the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes. [3]

Fun Facts[]

  • The tagline for this film is, "The truth is not what you know. It's what you believe."
  • To everyone's overwhelming surprise, Colin Farrell plays an alcoholic - again.

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References[]

  1. IMDB; Ondine (2009); Box office & business.
  2. IMDB; Ondine (2009); Box office & business; September 26th, 2010; USA
  3. Rotten Tomatoes.com; Ondine (2009).



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