Good Music and a Good Story

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2012)

Glen Hansard is a street musician who also repairs vacuum cleaners to earn enough money to survive. One day, while performing on a sidewalk in Dublin, a girl(Marketa Irglova) is selling flowers for her income. After some awkward conversation, he discovers that she plays piano, and they go to a music store and sing "Falling Slowly"(Academy Award for Best Original Song). The two are very impressive singers and their duet is beautiful. He also fixes a broken vacuum for her and introduces the girl to his cynical father.
In time, he finds out that she has a husband in the Czech Republic and a little girl and that she lives with her mother. They obtain a bank loan to record together in a studio, and the engineer impressed with their obvious talent. His ex-girlfriend and her husband complicate matters along the way. Once proves that a small budget($160,000) is no obstacle to producing a really good movie.