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Irish mythology/legend film recommendations please

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Star555 · 10/05/2021 15:16

I have really enjoyed watching films based on/involving Irish mythology/legends, including Cartoon Saloon's top-notch animated films ( Secret of Kells, Wolfwalkers, Song of the Sea ) as well as live-action films such as The Legend of Longwood and The Secret of Roan Inish. Please recommend other films (preferably family-friendly) similar to these. Other Celtic (e.g. Welsh, Scottish) legend-based films would be great too! Thank you.

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ThisIsStartingToBoreMe · 10/05/2021 15:30

Into the west was brilliant

DodoBaggins · 17/05/2021 22:26

Tristan and Isolde

Serpenta · 17/05/2021 22:40

Love Cartoon Saloon.

There aren't actually that many films based on Irish mythology. There's a Colin Farrell film called Ondine where he's a fisherman who meets a selkie.

Star555 · 20/05/2021 04:32

@DodoBaggins - I watched Tristan and Isolde very recently and enjoyed it a lot! I usually find overly romance-centred films silly so I had low expectations, but this was great. The expanded political story line had a good balancing effect. I am a big fan of Henry Cavill though and wish he had played Tristan or at least had more speaking lines in the film as Melot. Grin

@ThisIsStartingToBoreMe - I will have to check out Into the West; never heard of it before but it looks interesting!

@Serpenta - Google showed me Ondine as a "people also search for" suggestion after watching Secret of Roan Inish -- it sounds nice, will give it a watch!

Thanks again for your suggestions and if you do think of other Celtic legend-based films (not just Irish), please do let me know.

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MsAmerica · 21/05/2021 01:40

I can only think of one semi-related movie:
The Secret of Roan Inish, from John Sayles.

EineReiseDurchDieZeit · 21/05/2021 01:43

INTO THE WEST

So unnecessarily fucking hard to come by though

DVD only

Song Of The Sea

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