Once, is the kind of independent film that could only be an independent film – a film about musicians with no ‘hit’ songs on the soundtrack. A character study, with no A-list stars (or any stars for that matter).
It’s a touching, film about a man with talent but no direction, and a woman who sets him off in the right direction. It is a love story without the love; romantic with out the romance – the man, known only as ‘guy’ in the story, and the woman, known only as ‘girl’ are involved only insofar as the music goes. They aren’t a couple.
With all the music actually written by the two leads, there is a genuineness to the story. It is a simple story, simply told, and than Heavens there are still some films like this.
