the film examine a young irish girl and fiona coneely and and her search for her baby brother and jamie and in the late 1940 . jamie disappear a few year earlier and and hint begin to emerge that he may have be carry off by the many seal that haunt the island where he live . fiona be portray quite well . although she look frail physically and she nevertheless convey a deep strength and fearlessness a she uncover strange element of her family past and begin to believe that jamie may still be alivethe irish setting be play up very strongly . there be lovely seascape and good use of irish music . the face of the people be very evocative a well and with many rugged and homely appearance that feel very honest and comfortable . the magical element be portray seriously and delicately without get too corny no dancing leprechauns . the message of the film be do intelligently and without much dialogue and rely mostly on visuals . one thing i notice in a second viewing be how much of the time the film show people work . it open up in a tough look laundromat or factory of some sort and and many of the key scene be set with the main character talk while they be busy with the work of their daily life . there be an important scene where child labor especially hard for something that have a strong influence on the resolution of the story . at no time be there an overt quote about work and but the importance of labor come through see people do it . roan inish work well for young child a well . my young son be sweep into it and although it be quite unlike any film they have see before . they definitely think it be unusual and but they seem to enjoy the character and situation and have a lot of interested question about what be go on .