Once...............

Once is like those poems that we write at the back of our notebooks looking out of the window during a mundane geography class. Nothing baroque or byzantine but modest, subdued and unpretentious . Its subtle charm has you spellbound. The cast of Once is like u and me, who rush into the movie theaters with the first pair of clothes we find, which may not even be ours. They don’t bury themselves in layers of make up nor do they scream at each other to express themselves. The story is about a musician on the streets of Dublin played by Glen Hansard founder of the Irish folk band Frames. He captivates you with his mere presence.The guy is dynamic and depressive all at once. He plays the "Broken Hearted Hoover Fixer Sucker Guy" with sheer brilliance. He meets a Czech immigrant girl( Markéta Irglová) who loves his music , she plays piano and they start playing for each other and somewhere on the way they pick up the symphony of love:) Once is a melody with music in its veins. The characters breathe music . Listen to “Falling slowly” and “When your mind’s made up” you will understand. And for once you will know that a refined cinematography or a sophisticated editing is not essential to make a movie beautiful , you just have to capture life as it is. Once paints the exact gloomy picture of our world which is mundane and monotonous, it is its characters ,their highs and lows that gives it the hues. It smirks at the physical aspect of love and tells us to forget ,forgive and let go. Watch it Once for the music ,Once for its actors , Once for everything we have wished for,Once for everything we have lost, Once for everything we hope and Once for the solitude that music offers in our overcrowded lives………