Ondine
film by Jordan [2009]
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The film Ondine, directed by Neil Jordan in 2009, is a fantasy drama. It tells the story of a fisherman, played by Colin Farrell, who catches a woman named Ondine in his net. He begins to believe she is a mythical creature, a water nymph who becomes human when she falls in love with a man but is doomed to die if he is unfaithful. The film draws on European folklore, specifically the myth of the undine, a water spirit first mentioned by Paracelsus.12
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