Once

Easily the best film I have seen this year (close second was Bella - India's output has been disappointing)

Website here...and here. The first link plays the soundtrack...which is essentially the film - 16 or so tracks in an hour and half film.

Realistic musical? Oxymoron? Not when it involves a street musician who meets a young woman with a penchant for playing the piano. (Not to mention the lingering self made music talents of the older generation of Irish, in a scene actually shot in the director's apartment, using his mother as one of the actors.

And musical it is. I can't remember the last time I tapped my feet during film. It's a simple story, but it creates a world you want to be in- it at once takes you away and inspires you, yet is entirely believable. Perfect film making. What film...and life...should be.