Once (film)
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| Directed by | John Carney |
| Produced by | Martina Niland |
| Written by | John Carney |
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Glen Hansard Markéta Irglová |
| Music by | Glen Hansard Markéta Irglová Interference |
| Cinematography | Tim Fleming |
| Edited by | Paul Mullen |
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| Distributed by | Summit Entertainment Buena Vista International (Ireland) Icon Film Distribution (UK) |
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86 minutes |
| Country | Ireland |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $150,000 |
| Box office | $23.3 million |
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Soundtrack album by Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová, Interference |
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| Genre | Folk rock |
| Length | 43:37 |
| Label | Canvasback, Columbia, Sony Music Soundtrax |
| Producer | Glen Hansard |
Once is a 2007 Irish musical romance film written and directed by John Carney. The film stars Glen Hansard and Markéta Irglová as two struggling musicians in Dublin, Ireland. Hansard and Irglová had previously performed music as the Swell Season, and composed and performed the film's original songs.
Once spent years in development with the Irish Film Board and was made for a budget of €112,000. It was a commercial success, earning substantial per-screen box office averages in the United States. It received awards including the 2007 Independent Spirit Award for Best Foreign Film. Hansard and Irglová's song "Falling Slowly" won the 2007 Academy Award for Best Original Song, and the soundtrack received a Grammy Award nomination.
A thirty-something busker performs with his guitar on Grafton Street, a Dublin shopping district and chases a man who steals his money. Lured by his music, a young Czech flower seller talks to him about his songs. Delighted to learn that he repairs hoovers, she insists that he fix her broken hoover. The next day she returns with her broken hoover and tells him that she is also a musician.
At a music store where the Czech woman regularly plays piano, the man teaches her one of his songs ("Falling Slowly"); they sing and play together. He invites her to his father's shop, and on the bus home musically answers her question about what his songs are about: a long-time girlfriend who cheated on him, then left ("Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy").
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