2007 · musical · drama · romance
Once
Directed by John Carney1h 25m2007
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.
Our read: Once (2007) reads as a warm, measured, grounded musical · drama · romance entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, tender in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Warm, measured, gentle musical / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, tender.
- warm
- measured
- tender
- intimate
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