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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
A COMPLETE UNKNOWN 20:25
BLUE ROAD – THE EDNA O’BRIEN STORY 13:50
BRIEF ENCOUNTER (80TH ANNIVERSARY) 16:00
FROM THE VAULTS – THE COUNTRY GIRLS 18.30
I’M STILL HERE (PREVIEWS FROM FEBRUARY 14TH) 18:00
MEMOIR OF A SNAIL 13:30, 18:00
THE BRUTALIST (70MM) 13:40
THE SEED OF THE SACRED FIG 20:00
TO A LAND UNKOWN 15.40, 20.50
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