How often do you find the right person?
Directed, and Written by John Carney (2006)
Starred by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova
Ireland Film

The Prologue was very Irish; the accent, and the street singer with the broken Guitar, and the street drunken begger, hidden by 'the Guy', who tried to mugthe guitar bag of the money.
The first glance of the film was already attractive to me, then it went further to make up the story line which is really truthful without any heavy snubby and ridiculous ornaments.

It is based on the love story;
'a Guy' who has the broken heart by his ex-girl friend, and works in his father's hoover fixing store, and frustrated about this musical talent, then just sings on the street without particular aims, but reflect his depression and the blame on himself on his written music.

Suddenly, an immigrant girl from Czech comes along infront of him, and gives him a compliment about his music with such an innocent face, without any shame, and any hesitations.But actually who has the most sadest face hidden by the bright shinning smiley appreance she makes upon her reality.

But most importantly, the songs they created, and performed in the movie, time by time were really treasurable and even after the end of the movie. Then I would like to do keep the emoitional happiness to remember of the film again. So I went to the record shop right after the movie, then bought the OST of Once.

It's not something very spectacular, very stimulant love story. But it's very trustful and very Irish indeed, and also really honesty film which doesn't require to the audiences to chase up the pattern of the movie, but just let us to feel them, and to think about the moment; Once in our lives.

Such an well-made independent Movie from Ireland, and was given the prize of Audience of Sundance International Film Festival.

As the Poster caption proclaimed, this movie is not the one to see only once, but more than once.

Marketa Irglova

Glen Hansard 's Guitar in the film