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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
BLUE MOON 14.00, 20.50
BUGONIA 15.50 (35mm)
DIE MY LOVE 20.30
HORSESHOE 16.00, 18.30 (+ Q&A)
IT WAS JUST AN ACCIDENT 13.30, 18.10
L’ATALANTE 16.10
PILLION 13.40, 20.40
SUNSET BOULEVARD (75th ANNIVERSARY RE-RELEASE) 18.20
The IFI is supported by The Arts Council