Once February 15, 2008

FLICS presents Once

Dir: John Carney, Ireland, 2006, 85 min, R

This modern-day musical is set in Dublin and tells the story of a street musician (the guy) and a street hawker (the girl) who spend a busy week writing, rehearsing, and recording songs that tell the story of their developing love. The key players are “the guy” who works at his father's vacuum repair shop and plays music on street corners for extra cash and “the girl” who is an Eastern European Immigrant with musical aspirations of her own.. The twist in this film is that the main characters aren’t played by big-name actors; they’re played by musicians who are acting. “Once” delves into the personal journey that is song-writing and performance. The actors that star in this film wrote the songs that are performed. This film accomplishes two things: it pays homage to the musicals of old Hollywood and it reinvents the musical.

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