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Rating: 8/10 (4 September 2011)

Grafton St, Dublin, Ireland. A few years ago you could find Glen Hansard playing there his consumed guitar, playing covers during the day and risking his own lyrics at night. Once, Marketa Irglova stopped by amazed by his music. Glen came to Dublin to help his father out with his hoover business, after being left by his girlfriend. She came with her mother to Dublin from Czech Republic after being left with .her daughter by her husband. As he played the guitar and she the piano, they immediately got along very well. Among good and more awkward moments, they develop quite a duo. Suddenly, Glen decides to go to London in search for his ex-girlfriend, while Marketa's husband was coming shortly back to her and their daughter. Glen had the idea to record some of their works after leaving Dublin. And that's exactly what he does and what a success did he turn out to be. The worst is definitely the end. This movie was asking for a total different ending. And I don't just mean an Hollywood ending, but something more, especially after discovering the meaning of Miluji tě. Glen is great, obviously I'm not talking about his acting, that because of his musical quality is driven to second layout. His music is really good, very close to Justin Vernon from the Canadian band Bon Iver, in his Irish way. The most incredible feature of the movie is how John Carney managed to film it with only 130 thousand euros! (Avatar costed 237 millions). Anyway, it's a great way to fall in love with Dublin. Since the very first second where Grove Street is shown before Glen chases a tramp into a park whose benches I remember to sit in a couple hours after heading to the UEFA Europa League final in May the 18th. Memorable and recommended! I ended up not knowing what was true about the movie and what was not, but Once is perhaps one of the best music related movies I've ever seen. 8/10