Three non-standard films about music and musicians
Sing it out on every shot!
How know many films about music you can remember except for the sensational "La Lalenda" this year? But not in the musical format Probably a little bit, because first to come to your mind is "Mamma Mia!", "Chicago" or "Moulin Rouge", which are full-fledged musicals and they are far from the usual drama or melodrama. What should you watch with the good plot and when the royalty free music takes place?
Once
John Carney's art-house movie with a very modest budget and non-professional actors, managed to get an "Oscar" for the best song, and the name of the director is extremely famous today.
The gray streets of Dublin, the guy plays his music and the girl who is listening to his music, passing by. Not giving the names for the heroes, Karni puts the viewer in the ordinary world and it may happen with anyone of us. The girl is an immigrant from the Czech Republic who is trying to make money for a little daughter and mother who moved with her to Ireland, but she passionately adores the piano, and the guy just needs a push to decide on recording songs.
In life Glen Hansard and Market Irglova are the duet and a couple as well. You believen in their screen unobtrusive game and then you are listening to the songs the whole day over and over again.
Life in pink color
Try to guess who is involved in this film? Of course, the "sparrow", Edith Piaf, which became the national pride of France. But a woman whose songs are sung almost on every street had a difficult childhood - her mother died, and her father brings Edith to his mother who keeps a brothel. In the early years Edith was deprived of sight and the way to the big stage has a large number of tests - including her unhappy love.
It should be noted that the main role was played by Marion Cotillard, who deservedly received an Oscar. We guarantee that after "Life in Pink" you will definitely want to learn French to sing along with Edith.
Begin Again
After "Once" John Carney returned to his favorite genre of musical cinema, this time moving the film from Dublin to New York. Young Greta comes to the city with her boyfriend Dave to help him in the recording of the album, but very soon she finds out that her beloved has cheated her. What to do? By chance, she sings her own song in a small cafe near the subway, where former producer Dan Mulligan came in. He was unemployed, his wife walk outon him and her daughter does not want to find a common language with him, but that evening his life and Greta's life abruptly change and everything thanks to music.
And we should add that the main roles were performed by Keira Knightley, Mark Ruffalo, James Corden and (imagine!) Adam Levin, the lead singer of the Maroon 5 band, you can believe that both the music and the film are incredible.