Ben is torn between going after her and his fear of water but is pulled in by Cu and loses him when his leash breaks. While Ben is contemplating continuing their journey home, Saoirse jumps down the well. Ben instructs Cu to lead him and Saoirse home but it starts to rain and Saoirse becomes ill so Ben has to carry her to a Holy Well for shelter. Ben and Saoirse attempt to return home, initially by bus but they end up at odds over following the faerie lights or Ben's makeshift map and become lost in the countryside until Cu arrives, having attempted to follow them to the City. Ben and Saoirse are promptly found and attacked by Macha and her owls but Ben manages to rescue Saoirse and escape. Since Saoirse is mute, Ben has to speak for her and confesses he knows what's going on thanks to his mother's stories as well as the whereabouts of Saoirse's selkie coat which she needs to find her voice. He has no intention of bringing Saoirse with him however and tries to send her away when he catches her following him but gives in on the condition that she listens to him and stays where he can see her.īefore long, Ben and Saoirse are abducted by a trio of Daoine Sidhe (faeries) who reveal to Ben that Saoirse is a silkie and they need her to sing the titular song to save them from Macha the Owl Witch. Ben immediately hatches a plan to run away back to the Lighthouse and makes his escape as soon as his grandmother isn't looking. After Conor sends him to his room, he tells her a scary story about Macha the Owl Witch with the implication that he doesn't love her.Īfter Saoirse is caught swimming with seals late at night, Ben is crushed as their father sends them away to live with their grandmother in the City, even if it means parting with his sheepdog, Cu. On Saoirse's 6th birthday, Ben, out of jealousy spoils the proceedings by shoving his sister's face into her cake. Believing Saoirse's birth to have caused his mother's "demise" and because she receives the most attention from their father, Ben, fearing he would lose his daughter, tosses her sealskin into the sea. Unfortunately, Bronagh suddenly goes into Labor and leaves a bewildered Ben calling after her.Īfter the prologue, it is implied that Ben never saw his mother again but did gain a younger sister named Saoirse. As Conor and Bronagh put Ben to bed, Bronagh gives Ben a seashell horn that is a keepsake of her own mother's. He is 10, going on 11, and is the only son of Connor and Bronagh, the owner of Cu and the older brother of Saoirse.Īt the beginning of the film, Ben is 4 and looking forward to becoming an older brother as he paints a silkie-theme mural with his mother Bronagh.
Ben is the main protagonist of the 2014 Irish animated film Song of the Sea.
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