Dublin Ireland, 1985, and a boy decides to be a rock-N-roller.

Rating: Null/10 (15 November 2016)

I came across this movie on Netflix streaming. It is set and filmed entirely in Ireland, the time is 1985 and jobs are getting scarce. Just as many Irish traveled to the USA earlier in the 20th century to find a job and a life, many in 1985 were traveling to London.
A new actor, a teenager with the unusual name of Ferdia Walsh-Peelo is the main protagonist, Conor, who is 15. He is a nice boy who happens to be in a family about to split up, plus dad is having a tougher time getting enough work. To economize Conor is sent to a different school, run by priests.
He encounters the usual bumps and bruises but catches a glimpse of a pretty girl standing in front of a building. She is pretty Lucy Boynton as 16-yr-old Raphina. Conor walks across the street to meet her, telling her he is in a band, the kid across the street was the manager. She says she is a model, but really she wants to be a model.
So now that Conor has put himself out there he has to produce. Hastily he rounds up several school kids who might be able to write songs and/or play an instrument. They decide to make a music video and ask Raphina to be in it.
This is basically a "coming of age" story with a musical background. It is smartly written and well-acted. Nice smaller movie.
SPOILERS: Conor's parents split up, dad has to sell the house, Conor and his brother basically have no good place to live. Raphina's parents are not in the picture so she and Conor decide to take a boat and head to England, to find their futures and their fortunes there.