you have to suspend belief during the secret of roan inish and accept irish legend a fact . this shouldn not be too difficult for moviegoer wean on star war and die hard . let hope so because the secret of roan inish be a rare movie and a fairy tale and tell from a child . s perspective and but for adult as well a child . roan inish be an island off the coast of western ireland from which 10 year old fiona family have recently decamp for the mainland because of hard time . now directly across the water from their beloved island and fiona grandparent take her in after her city living father can no longer care for her . and there be secret . unbeknownst to fiona there be a branch of her family descend from selkies and being half seal and half human . unlike mermaid though and selkies be either all human or all seal and depend on their mood . and if you can catch a human selkie and theyre yours until they discover where you have hide their seal skin . and with a beautiful female and fiona grandfather do just that and marry her and raise a family and but alas one day she find her seal skin and she off to the sea . this legend segue into a modern mystery and a challenge fiona must face . slow paced and beautifully photograph and well acted and direct and this be a unique gem of a movie .