After their mother's disappearance eight-year-old Ben and his four-year-old sister Saoirse are sent to live with Granny in the city. When they resolve to return to their home by the sea, their journey becomes a race against time as they are drawn into a world Ben knows only from his mother's folktales. But this is no bedtime story: these fairy folk have been in our world far too long. It soon becomes clear to Ben that Saoirse is the key to their survival.
| Original title | Song of the Sea |
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| Danish title | Sangen fra havet |
| Director | Tomm Moore |
| Screenplay | Will Collins |
| Based on | Baseret på en original historie af Tomm Moore. |
| Producer | Tomm Moore, Ross Murray, Paul Young, Stéphan Roelants, Isabelle Truc, Marc Umé, Serge Umé, Clément Calvet, Jérémie Fajner, Frederik Ditlev Villumsen, Claus Toksvig Kjaer |
| Editor | Darragh Byrne |
| Composer | Bruno Coulais |
| Production designer | Adrien Merigeau |
| Production country | Ireland, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark |
| Dialogue language | English |
| Domestic distribution | Filmcompagniet - SF Film, Warner og Twentieth Century Fox |
| Technical info | Dolby 5.1 |
| Danish theatrical release | 19.02.2015 |
| DFI subsidy | Minor |
| Danish rating | Not recommended for children under 7 |
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| Type | Source | Author | Date |
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| Anmeldelse | Weekendavisen | Bo Green Jensen | 2015-02-20 |
| Anmeldelse | Berlingske Tidende | Louise Kidde Sauntved | 2015-02-19 |
| Anmeldelse | Ekstra Bladet | Henrik Queitsch | 2015-02-19 |
| Anmeldelse | Kristeligt Dagblad | Soeren Hermansen | 2015-02-19 |
| Anmeldelse | Morgenavisen Jyllandsposten | Nanna Frank Rasmussen | 2015-02-19 |
| Anmeldelse | Politiken-Fonden | Soeren Vinterberg | 2015-02-19 |
| Interview | Politiken-Fonden | Brian Iskov | 2015-02-19 |
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