Song of the Sea

Selkies are a wonderful people who live in the sea, but if they wish, they can go on land by removing their sealskin. The cartoon is an alternative version of one Selkie legend. When little Sirsha was born in the lighthouse keeper's family, his wife suddenly went to sea, leaving the baby and her older brother in the care of her father. All that the mother left was a sea shell and a silver fur coat for her daughter. Time passes, the girl grows up, but for some reason she does not speak until she finds out who she is and what fate is in store for her as the savior of magical people. Read more The cartoon of the British Tommy Moore is becoming even more beautiful than his first full-length work called "Secrets of Kells". This cartoon became a beautiful visual feast, the basis of which is the folklore of the Shetland and Orkney Islands. According to one of the myths, which will answer one of the questions when watching "Song of the Sea", you can marry a Selkie when, after going to land, they shed a skin that can be hidden. So the creatures stay with those who find them. However, if they find the hidden skin back, the selkies return to the sea. Even if they have children. The lines that appear at the very beginning of the film belong to the Irish poet William Butler Yeats, which can be found in his work "The Stolen Child". The drawings that can be seen in the book of the boy Ben are actually drawn by the son of Tommy Moore's assistant. The idea of ​​the script for "Song of the Sea" came to the director. This happened when, during a walk on the seashore, he saw the lifeless bodies of seals killed by sailors. Then he remembered the legend he had heard in childhood. The name of the main character Saoirse is translated from Irish as "freedom".