由曾經執導過【曼哈頓戀習曲】、【曾經。愛是唯一】兩部經典音樂電影之英國愛爾蘭名導John Carney所自編自導、帶有些許自傳性質的全新作品【Sing Street】，在本屆日舞影展上首映之後廣受好評，主演卡司包括佛迪亞威爾斯皮洛(Ferdia Walsh-Peelo)、露西波恩頓(Lucy Boynton)、傑克雷納(Jack Reynor)、艾登吉倫(Aidan Gillen)等，講述了英國都柏林80年代的青春音樂世代。故事由一名14歲的少年Conor Lalor開始，因種種原因從貴族私立學校轉學至貧窮的公立學校；在那裡，他飽受同儕的欺壓與霸凌、與當地的氛圍格格不入，但就在遇見一位美艷的模特兒之後，一切逐漸有了改變，他的青春歲月也逐漸踏上了充滿搖滾樂的世界。Conor Lalor與許多同樣不被接受的夥伴們組起了樂團，應和著80年代英倫搖滾的復甦、曼城音樂的崛起，這一批來自都柏林的少年小夥子，藉由音樂改寫了自己的人生；同時，面對家庭問題紛擾、雙親婚姻危在旦夕的Conor Lalor，該怎麼運用可改變世界的搖滾樂，影響家庭成員並挽救家中的危機？而Conor Lalor與朋友們的樂團，是否能在英國闖出名號？

Even those allergic to musicals may be won over by Once, a tender-hearted Irish romance with songs by Czech Republic–born Markéta Irglová and Frames frontman Glen Hansard. (The film's director, John Carney, actually used to play bass in the group.) The trick here is that Irglová and Hansard also play the leads; because their characters are shown busking, writing music, or rehearsing, the songs are smoothly integrated in the film. The overall acoustic mood won't surprise fans of the Frames--some tracks ("Say It to Me," "When Your Mind's Made Up") have even popped up on the band's albums, though the arrangements are more pared-down here, befitting the scruffy, street-musician setting. Being the lesser-known entity, Irglová feels like a revelation; she sounds a bit like a folkie Björk on "If You Want Me," and her song "The Hill" is downright heartbreaking. Irglová and Hansard had already made the 2006 album The Swell Seasontogether, so their collaboration here feels really organic--they sound particularly good together on the title track, for instance. Now that's the kind of magic you want from musicals. --Elisabeth Vincentelli