Once
Once
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Glen Hansard es un cantante y compositor que interpreta sus canciones por las calles de Dublín, cuando no está trabajando en la tienda de su padre. Durante el día, para ganar algún dinero extra, interpreta conocidos temas para los transeúntes, pero por las noches, toca sus propios temas en los que habla de cómo le dejó su novia. Su talento no pasa desapercibido a Marketa Irglova, quien da vida a una inmigrante checa que vende flores en la calle para sacar adelante a su hija y a su madre. También ella se está recuperando de un "fracaso amoroso" y, para sentirse un poco mejor, escribe canciones sobre el tema, pero a diferencia de Glen, nunca las interpreta en público. Glen y Marketa, acaban de improviso haciendo un dueto en una tienda de música y será entonces cuando descubran que algo les une. Al no haberse recuperado todavía de sus respectivas rupturas, dudan sobre si luchar por iniciar una relación entre ellos. Mientras toman una decisión que cambie sus vidas, ambos se concentran en escribir nuevos temas y grabar algo, para intentar abrirse camino profesionalmente en el mundo de la música. (Avalon Audiovisual Esp.)
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The plot and some of the details are average, but the music! This love story of two people really impressed me.
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“I love you." Everything you have heard and read about Once is true. Both the negative and the positive things. The second-rate technical wrapping proved to be one of the movie’s greatest assets. Because it makes it easier to penetrate the melancholic atmosphere without having to waste time scraping off the gold paint. Not even the rather stiff Irglová, or occasional tired moments do anything to impair the authenticity of this movie. In fact AUTHENTIC is the word that best characterizes this little-big movie. Once requires the “input" from the viewer in terms of a certain benevolence, then rewarding this benevolence with the “output", mainly in terms of music than cinema...
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Hansard is not a brave hero in shiny armor, Markéta is not a princess, and Ireland is not a fairy tale world. But still, Once is such a magical story that I couldn't breathe at times. Magical, distant, and yet so naturally personal. The adventures with Her family or the search for people to record His album may lose pace, but I don't care about that now. Because I "love you" and sing Falling Slowly. The soundtrack brings me close to tears even on the hundredth listen. That film is immortal, it just doesn't know it even a decade after its creation.
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The atmosphere of this film is very fragile and quite emotional. Despite the fact that the film has almost no story or plot and comes across as a bit of a documentary, it is enjoyable and interesting. Of course, the biggest credit for Once goes to the music, modesty, and love.
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I didn't expect anything from this film, and I didn't get anything from it either. Perhaps the only thing that surprised me, although I expected something like this, is how much the film is banal, small, and amateurish compared to the enthusiastic reviews. The satisfaction with Once is largely related to the ability to appreciate and accept the musical component on which the film is based. The screenplay is minimalist, the dialogues are trivial, and the acting performances are wooden in many cases. It's not the fact that the film uses non-actors; it's that these non-actors have minimal prerequisites for acting - and this applies, among other things, to Markéta Irglová in the main role. By coincidence, I had just seen Bicycle Thieves before Once, where the majority of roles were played by non-actors, including the protagonist, but the difference in quality was vast. The music in the film bypasses me with a wide arc, so only the film aspects remain, which is difficult for me to digest. The love story is clichéd, and simple, and even in its simplicity, it plays with kitsch. Just as it is possible to build a film's reputation on great cinematography and top-notch special effects, it is also possible to build it on independence, ordinariness, and "purity." Once is a film where it is essentially possible to use any evaluation based on the approach to the music used and the theme. My 25% overall impression is understandably one extreme and the opposite of enthusiastic uncritical comments and five-star accolades. The objective truth is usually somewhere in between; however, I cannot shake off the impression that Once is significantly overrated.
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When non-actors are playing, it is often visible how unrealistically they behave in front of the camera. In the case of Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, this did not happen. They are quite natural. In contrast, you can see how some couldn't handle the directed camera, and the naturalness disappeared. But in this case, it also involves the amateurism in front of the camera, which contributes a lot to the overall impression. In this story, even though it follows a script, it is beautiful that the story could have been written by the story itself and you can easily believe it. And the music...
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I first watched Once in 2012 or so and turned it off after half an hour because I wasn't enjoying it. Today, almost five years later, I decided to give it a second chance, what the hell was wrong with me then that I didn't finish it? Rarely do I come across a film that is so endearing that it puts a smile on my face the whole time I'm watching it. I was already partially familiar with the soundtrack and I have to say that every song is a gem. The melodies are warm, they are a treat for the soul, with lyrics written by life itself. It's exactly the kind of music I like, so I can't wait to put it on for work tomorrow. Once confirms that there’s beauty in simplicity.
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