Ondine (2009)

In need of a reason to see Colin Farrell as a sexy, salty seaman?  Or maybe a modern day Irish fairytale complete with a little magic, a lot of whisky, and an uncertain ending?  Give yourself a couple of hours on the sea to witness Ondine.

So much of the magic in this movie is wrapped around the daughter of Syracuse (Farrell) named Annie (Alison Barry).  This tenacious little girl is determined to dream big and live well in spite of her failing kidneys and rounds of dialysis.  When her father tells her the story of the woman rescued from the sea by a fisherman's net, Annie begins to study the characteristics of the mythological Selkie - seven tears and a buried seal coat will allow her father's new love, Ondine, to remain on land for seven years... unless her Selkie husband comes for her.

How could two beautiful, broken, sensitive people NOT fall in love when receiving such encouragement from the little girl who loves them both?  Of course, their seperate and painful pasts could get in the way, but with so much sea and sky that's highly unlikely.