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21/09/2023 Music, Comedy, Drama 1h 37m
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Overview

Single mom Flora is at a loss about what to do with her rebellious teenage son, Max. Her efforts to keep him out of trouble lead to a beat-up acoustic guitar, a washed-up LA musician, and harmony for this frayed Dublin family.

  1. John Carney

    Director, Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Eve Hewson

    Flora

  2. Orén Kinlan

    Max

  3. Joseph Gordon-Levitt

    Jeff

  4. Jack Reynor

    Ian

  5. Marcella Plunkett

    Kathy

  6. Paul Reid

    Kev

  7. Don Wycherley

    Guard

  8. Amy Huberman

    Aishling

  9. Callan Cummins

    Teenager in Music Shop

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-10-07
There's not a great deal of plausibility with this story, but I still really quite enjoyed it. "Flora" (Eve Hewson) has a sort of hate/hate relationship with her pretty wayward fourteen year old lad "Max" (Orén Kinlan) as she struggles to make ends meet while his dad "Ian" (Jack Reynor) has shacked up with his new, pseudo-Spanish, girlfriend. "Max" is a typical unruly kid: into petty theft, a girl who isn't going to look at him twice and "Flora" is at her wits end. Returning from work one afternoon she espies a busted guitar in a skip. €18 after she has tied a ribbon to it and presented it ...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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