Song of the Sea

Name: Song of the Sea
Genre: Family, Animation, Fantasy
Released: 2014-06-23
Duration: 1 h 34 min
Rating: 8.2
Cast: David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan, Lucy O'Connell

Let the song of the sea sway your heart...

Song of the Sea (2014)

Timing: 1:34 (94 min)

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Release date

2014-06-23

Country

Belgium, Denmark, France, Ireland, Luxembourg, United Kingdom

Production

Eurimages, Fís Éireann/Screen Ireland, MEDIA Programme of the European Union, CNC, OCS, Haut et Court, Cartoon Saloon, StudioCanal, Superprod Animation, Melusine Productions, WestEnd Films, Magellan Films, Digital Graphics, Big Farm, Super Productions, Noerlum Studios, Studio 352, The Big Farm, Nørlum

Genre

Family, Animation, Fantasy

Budget

$5 300 000

Box office

$4 190 670

Website

http://www.cartoonsaloon.ie/2009/06/feature-films-song-of-the-sea/

Director

Tomm Moore

Actors

David Rawle, Brendan Gleeson, Lisa Hannigan, Fionnula Flanagan, Lucy O'Connell, Jon Kenny, Pat Shortt, Colm Ó'Snodaigh, Liam Hourican, Kevin Swierszcz
All actors and roles (10)

Scenario

Will Collins

Producer

Tomm Moore, Frederik Villumsen, Paul Young, Ross Murray

Camera operator

Composer

Bruno Coulais

Artist

Adi Merigeau, Slaven Reese, Ole Christian Løken

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Editing

Darragh Byrne
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Short description

The story of the last Seal Child’s journey home. After their mother’s disappearance, Ben and Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother’s folktales. But this is no bedtime story; these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.

What's left behind the scenes

In one scene where Sersha and Ben are walking around the city, a close-up shot of the Molly Malone statue can be seen, indicating that the characters are in Dublin, the capital of Ireland.
In the bus where Ben and Saoirse are traveling, Ashling from the animated film 'The Secret of Kells' (2009) can be seen.
In Irish mythology, the selkies are a seal people, benevolent creatures with brown eyes. Seal skins allow them to live in the sea, but they must periodically surface to take a breath of air. According to some sources, selkies are descendants of people exiled to the sea for their crimes. That is why they are so drawn to land.
Several lines at the very beginning of the film (“Oh child, hasten to the land of lakes and reeds, follow the beautiful fairy – for there is so much sorrow in the world that there is no other way.”) are taken from the poem “The Stolen Child” by Irish poet William Butler Yeats.
According to director Tomm Moore, certain aspects of his childhood served as the basis for the film. The movie is set in October 1987, which Moore remembers as being rainy and windy, and some characters are based on members of Moore's family and pets from his memories.
The pub that Conor visits is called “Ó Mórdha”. It’s an Irish variation of the surname of director Tom Moore.
In the bus that Ben and Sersha are riding, you can spot Aisling from the animated film "The Secret of Kells" (2009).
The drawings in Ben's book were created by Julian Erlinghauser, son of assistant director Fabian Erlinghauser.
The illustrations in Ben's book were drawn by Julian Erlinghauser, the son of assistant director Fabian Erlinghauser.
Sersha ("Saoirse") means "freedom" in Irish. And her mother's name, Brona ("Bronach"), translates from Irish as "sadness".
A few lines at the very beginning of the film ("O child, come thou with me to the lake and the rushes, / Following the fair fairy-folk—for the world is so full of sorrow, / That there is no other way.") are taken from the poem 'The Stolen Child' by Irish poet William Butler Yeats.
When the ferry with the boy sails away, the car is closer to the shore, but a second later, the car is shown from the other side, yet the ferry could not have turned 180 degrees in a second.
A character who looks exactly like director Tomm Moore can be spotted in the background during the scene where Ben and Saoirse pass by the Molly Malone statue.
The pub that Connor visits is called "Ó Mórdha." This is the Irish version of director Tomm Moore's surname.
According to director Tomm Moore, certain aspects of his childhood served as the basis for the film. The film is set in October 1987, which Moore remembers as rainy and windy, and some of the characters are modeled after members of Moore's family and pets from his memories.
A character who looks exactly like director Tomm Moore can be seen in the background during the scene where Ben and Saoirse pass by the Molly Malone monument.