2007 Directed by John Carney
A vacuum repairman moonlights as a street musician and hopes for his big break. One day a Czech immigrant, who earns a living selling flowers, approaches him with the news that she is also an aspiring singer-songwriter. The pair decide to collaborate, and the songs that they compose reflect the story of their blossoming love.
No Mesmo Tom, Веднъж, Μια φορά, Once (Una vez), פעם אחת, Egyszer, ONCE ダブリンの街角で, 원스, Kartą, Apenas Uma Vez, Однажды, Једном, Bir Zamanlar, Одного разу, 曾经, 一奏傾情, 曾經。愛是唯一
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You ever listen to a song so beautiful and amazing that it just causes you to break down and cry?
Once has a lot of those songs.
”It’s you I love.”
Two non-professional actors. A few heartfelt songs and a budget of just 112,000$. That’s all director John Carney needs to construct a miraculous collection of human emotions that tend to break your heart or uplift you depending on how you like to connect with the characters and the overall atmosphere of the film. With its unimaginable simplicity Once reaches the heights that many movies so desperately try to achieve with multi million dollar budgets, fake superstars and childlishly deformed stories of romance yet fail. Carney’s film manages to portray the most fundamental yet at the same time most profound emotions of us human beings and then through the magic of music transfers those earnest feelings into…
Once is a perfect example of capturing lightning in a bottle...
I started 'Falling Slowly' for John Carney's Once the moment Glen Hansard's falsetto (like discovering Jeff Buckley or Thom Yorke all over again) and Markéta Irglová's eargasmic harmony sent chills down my spine in the film’s award winning soundtrack moment. This film is all about those moments that are only possible with shared experience through the power of music and the heart yearning for connection, and boy does it all play out in the right tune in this little Irish gem - a film that has somehow eluded me 'til now.
The film in all its simple elegance is many things; a portrait of emerging raw talent, a delicate…
and to think i've put off watching this for years because the poster looked like a hallmark christmas movie
When I was 18, I saw the most beautiful girl I had ever seen. She was jumping up and down at a gig, totally enthralled by the music. I went straight up to her, grabbed her by the Doc Martin boot and hoisted her up on top of the mosh pit. From that day forward, music was the medium of our romance and the soundtrack of our love. 17 years later and we are still the greatest couple to have ever existed, cemented by the foundation of our shared passion for music. Then along came a movie called Once, where two characters find love and tenderness for one another through their affinity for music and provide each other with compassionate…
I'm definitely missing something here cause this didn't work very well for me at all. It leaves a terrible first impression with the cinematography at the beginning, but that aspect improves as the film goes along (even if the flat lighting doesn't). The bigger issue for me is how the script feels entirely barebones, rendering the story and romance very basic and unengaging. I don't feel a particularly strong connection between the main characters and I don't feel like I know them well at all.
The movie's saving grace is definitely the music; every song sequence is genuinely magical and it elevates the entire package. I wish I could just fall in love with this film; it's impressive for a…
Guy: What's the Czech for "Do you love him?"
Girl: Milujes ho.
Guy: So, milujes ho?
Girl: No, miluji tebe
This film is so beautiful, who cares about the cinematography or lighting or any technical aspect.
This film is a miracle.
Imagine meeting a guy and asking him to play a song he's written, and he plays bloody Falling Slowly.
This movie and its songs (“falling slowly“ and “if you want me” in particular) added at least 10 years to my life
I guess Ted lasso was right when he said "Once so good I saw it twice".. Whatta beautiful heartwarming and upbeat film this is.. We all know John Carney for begin again but it clearly seems he made the film begin again for wide audience taking the inspiration from Once. He wrote two of my favorite characters now with Markéta Irglová and Keira knightley in Once and begin again respectively.. Both in vulnerable state still holds up pretty well and knows how to live life... This film is just vibe, experience it, feel it and watch it.. The scene with father son at last few mins and that ending scene made me emotional not gonna lie... The way John Carney…
“take this sinking boat and point it home
we’ve still got time
raise your hopeful voice, you have a choice
you’ll make it now”
MY HEART IS GRIEVING LEAVE ME ALONE
