I picked out movie called Once. It is a musical film and I have seen it couple of times last time being yesterday as it was aired on tv on channel Liv. Movie sets in Dublin, Ireland. It was directed and produced by John Carney and it was published in 2006. What is interesting about it is that it was made with a very low budget. Movie was shot with only 130 000 € which is quite low comparing to nowadays Hollywood films. It is also interesting that neither of the lead actors are really actors because they are both professional musicians. Once has gotten nice awards such as ”Independent Spirit Award” in 2007 for the best foreign film. Other nice award would be the Academy Award for Best Original Song that ”Falling Slowly” won in 2007.

PLOT

The film is a story about to people who love music and have lost their ex-love. The guy in the film plays his guitar on the street on a daily basis. One day he meets a girl who likes his songs and also learns that he can repair vacuum cleaners. She happens to have a broken vacuum cleaner so she insists that he fixes her vacuum cleaner.

They play music together, for example in a music store because they can’t afford the piano. The guy wants the girl to do lyrics for one of his songs. After a while they are recording songs with bunch of people who also play on streets everyday. The owner of the studio thinks that they are just bunch of morons but when he hears them play he suddendly wants to record with them through the night.

After the demo is recorded, it’s time to say goodbye. Both of the lead actors are in love with each other but they both know that it is not the right thing to do. The guy buys the piano from the music store to the girl and after that the guy leaves to London for his ex and the girl stays behind in Dublin.

MUSIC

All the songs in this movie are made for the movie. So they are original songs and yet every song is likeable. Pretty often movie producers choose to use already existing songs but in this case the actors are professional musicians so it is understandable. Most songs are written and composed by Glen Hansard, the male lead actor.

FINAL WORDS

I can recommend this movie to anyone who likes musical films. If you are looking for action/horror/etc. you should consider looking for it elsewhere. Movie is very simple and nothing has been ”polished”. People are messy and do normal things and the terrain for example is just normal city with not-so-clean apartments.