Nevertheless, there is much to recommend “Ondine,” Jordan’s love letter to Castletownbere, the fishing village on Ireland’s southern coast where he lives and where the film was shot; and ...

Review: ‘Ondine’ falls just a bit short Share this: Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window) ...

In Greek mythology, a water nymph's curse forces a man to stay awake or suffocate. ... People with Ondine's curse, also known ...

The clincher: Ondine, out on Annie’s dad’s boat, sings an ethereal ditty and suddenly the fish and lobsters are practically jumping aboard. But it’s not all whimsy and sea chanties.

Ondine might not be Neil Jordan’s most enduring film ... “There’s a deep, deep oral tradition in our country of shared stories, and a need to believe in a mythology, ...

A 1958 collaboration with Britain's major choreographer Frederick Ashton, Ondine was the first full-length ballet score to be commissioned by the emerging Royal Ballet, and it was, for the very young, ...

Ondine — Film Review. While the film marks Jordan's 25-year association with the Toronto International Film Festival, a deliberate pace that's more of a hymn than a shanty likely will limit its ...