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Director
John Carney
Credits
Producers: Martina Niland, David Collins. Writer: John Carney
Principal Cast
Glen Hansard, Marketa Irlgová.
Category
FeatureMusic
A heartfelt and honest musical, Once sees struggling musician ‘Guy’ (Glen Hansard) and migrant worker ‘Girl’ (Marketa Irglová) fall in love through a shared passion for music. Meeting on the streets of Dublin as ‘Guy’ busks to try make ends meet, the pair travel across the city, by foot, bus and motorcycle, forming a connection as they perform music. Feeling they have the potential to work as a duo the pair attempt to produce a record even as they find their burgeoning relationship has to step lightly around the romantic complications of one another’s past. Characterised by a wholehearted sincerity, Once’s greatest asset is in the lead characters; Hansard and Irglová’s musical performances are the moving highlights of a deeply romantic film, and Once won an Academy Award for Best Original Song for the pair’s ‘Falling Slowly’.
85 minutes, Ireland, 2006, Colour
BLACKBIRD BLACKBIRD BLACKBERRY 13:00, 18:00
FROM THE VAULTS: JOHN MCGAHERN: A PRIVATE WORLD 18.30
KIDNAPPED 20:20
LOVE LIES BLEEDING 15:30, 20:10
THAT THEY MAY FACE THE RISING SUN 13.10, 15.40, 18.10, 20.30
THE TEACHERS’ LOUNGE 16.00
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