Once (2006)
Country: EIRE
Technical: col 85m
Director: John Carney
Cast: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová
Synopsis:
A Dublin busker/songwriter/vacuum repairman meets a Czech musical single mother and together they play his songs and hang out, finally procuring a loan to record a demo album for him to take to London.
Review:
A virtually plotless moodpiece with a rather sweet pair of lead characters with whom to while away the time, some repetitious though effective songs mostly written by Harlan, and a refreshing approach to generic material (it is essentially a 'putting on a show' narrative with a will they/won't they? romantic subplot) whereby we don't really meet any unpleasant people at all and there are no reversals to overcome before the final curtain. True to form, the ending bows out gracefully devoid of closure.
Country: EIRE
Technical: col 85m
Director: John Carney
Cast: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová
Synopsis:
A Dublin busker/songwriter/vacuum repairman meets a Czech musical single mother and together they play his songs and hang out, finally procuring a loan to record a demo album for him to take to London.
Review:
A virtually plotless moodpiece with a rather sweet pair of lead characters with whom to while away the time, some repetitious though effective songs mostly written by Harlan, and a refreshing approach to generic material (it is essentially a 'putting on a show' narrative with a will they/won't they? romantic subplot) whereby we don't really meet any unpleasant people at all and there are no reversals to overcome before the final curtain. True to form, the ending bows out gracefully devoid of closure.
Country: EIRE
Technical: col 85m
Director: John Carney
Cast: Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová
Synopsis:
A Dublin busker/songwriter/vacuum repairman meets a Czech musical single mother and together they play his songs and hang out, finally procuring a loan to record a demo album for him to take to London.
Review:
A virtually plotless moodpiece with a rather sweet pair of lead characters with whom to while away the time, some repetitious though effective songs mostly written by Harlan, and a refreshing approach to generic material (it is essentially a 'putting on a show' narrative with a will they/won't they? romantic subplot) whereby we don't really meet any unpleasant people at all and there are no reversals to overcome before the final curtain. True to form, the ending bows out gracefully devoid of closure.