The Swell Season

Jul 13, 2012

1h 29m

★ 5.9

Overview

In 2008, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova captivated audiences and earned two Academy Awards for their musical collaboration in the film Once. As their fictional romance blurred with reality, they fell in love, recorded an album, and embarked on a world tour.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Elkcreek Cinema

The Swell Season Trailers

Cast

Himself

Glen Hansard

Herself

Markéta Irglová

Herself

Catherine Hansard

Himself

Rob Botchnik

Heidi is orphaned and her uncaring maternal Aunt Dete takes her to the mountains to live with her reclusive, grumpy paternal grandfather, Adolph Kramer. Heidi brings her grandfather back into mountain society through her sweet ways and sheer love. When Dete later returns and steals Heidi away to become the companion of a rich man's wheelchair-bound daughter, the grandfather is heartsick to discover his little girl missing and immediately sets out to get her back.

0.0

150 Miles of Rotting, Rutted, Lumpy, Dilapidated Pavement

Mar 3, 2021

A Woman Watches People.

4.0

Rock N' Roll

Nov 16, 2007

Rock N Roll is a 2007 Malayalam film directed by Renjith. The film stars Mohanlal, Lakshmi Rai, Mukesh and Rahman in lead roles.

6.4

Country at Heart

Oct 2, 2020

A struggling country singer meets a Nashville songwriter in need of inspiration. Teaming up to write a song, their work gets complicated but results in both a hit song...and true love.

6.9

Shania Twain: Not Just a Girl

Jul 26, 2022

From Nashville newcomer to international icon, singer Shania Twain transcends genres across borders amid triumphs and setbacks in this documentary.

6.9

Crazy Heart

Dec 16, 2009

When reporter Jean Craddock interviews Bad Blake—an alcoholic, seen-better-days country music legend—they connect, and the hard-living crooner sees a possible saving grace in a life with Jean and her young son.

6.6

Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!

Aug 18, 1989

In the sixties, Eddie and the cruisers was the hottest band around. But the tragic death of its lead singer broke the band up. Only Eddie is not dead. He works as a carpenter in Montreal. His love of music forces him to create a new band which will have to struggle with its anonymity.

5.4

The American Mall

Aug 11, 2008

The executive producers of High School Musical keep the good times rolling with this upbeat musical comedy set in the one place every American teenager's home away from home - the local shopping mall. Ally (Nina Dobrev) is an optimistic adolescent singer/songwriter whose hard working mother owns the mall music shop frequented by every teen in town. When Ally shares her music with Joey (Rob Mayes), a janitor in the mall who harbors rock star ambitions, she is thrilled to find someone who can truly relate to her songs as well as her heart. Trouble looms on the horizon, however, in the form of the mall owner's spoiled rotten daughter Madison (Autumn Reeser). Madison is the kind of girl who's used to getting whatever she wants, and what she wants now could prove disastrous for both Ally's ambitions, and her mother's popular music store.

7.2

ABBA: In Concert

Dec 31, 1979

ABBA's 1979 tour of North America and Europe, with emphasis on performances at Wembley Arena, London.

5.6

Aria

May 27, 1987

Ten short pieces directed by ten different directors, including Ken Russell, Jean-Luc Godard, Robert Altman, Bruce Beresford, and Nicolas Roeg. Each short uses an aria as soundtrack/sound, and is an interpretation of the particular aria.

6.9

Imagine: John Lennon

Sep 30, 1988

The biography of former Beatle, John Lennon—narrated by Lennon himself—with extensive material from Yoko Ono's personal collection, previously unseen footage from Lennon's private archives, and interviews with David Bowie, his first wife Cynthia, second wife Yoko Ono and sons Julian and Sean.

6.6

Rock Dog 2: Rock Around the Park

Aug 5, 2021

When Bodi and his band 'True Blue' leave Snow Mountain to tour with pop sensation Lil' Foxy, they learn that fame comes at a price.

5.0

A Star Is Falling Upwards

Aug 29, 1975

Švand, a room painter from Strakonice, begins a dizzying career as a pop music star, but he soon discovers that fame is not the most important thing in life or what he is looking for and what he longs for in life.

6.7

The Kid Stays in the Picture

Aug 16, 2002

Documentary about legendary Paramount producer Robert Evans, based on his famous 1994 autobiography.

6.8

Heartsong

Aug 10, 2022

While serenading a wedding that quickly implodes, a nomadic musician falls for the bride, who runs afoul of her family. Now he has to save her life.

5.1

The Identical

Sep 5, 2014

During the Great Depression, identical twins are separated at birth. One, Drexel Hemsley becomes a wildly successful '50s rock star, while the other, Ryan Wade, struggles to balance his passion for music and pleasing his parents, who want him to become a preacher. Finally, Ryan rebels against his parents' wishes and launches his own music career -- performing the hits of Drexel Hemsley. Ryan later learns the truth about Drexel when their fates tragically collide.

8.0

Newsies

Feb 16, 2017

A week in the life of the exploited, child newspaper sellers in turn-of-the-century New York. When their publisher, Joseph Pulitzer, tries to squeeze a little more profit out of their labours, they organize a strike, only to be confronted with the Pulitzer's hard-ball tactics.

10.0

Blake and Gwen: Now and Then

Jul 1, 2021

Follow the offstage, unlikely romance of the king of country, Blake Shelton, and pop princess, Gwen Stefani. Both stars braved their share of challenges on the way to writing their own love song.

6.4

Jeans

Apr 24, 1998

The father of twin brothers wants to get them married to only twin sisters. But one of the brothers falls in love with a woman does not have a twin sister.

5.0

Wenn's um Liebe geht

Jun 28, 2019

After a singing performance at a wedding, Laura receives the offer to perform at a song contest.

The Swell Season

Overview

Genres

Production Companies

The Swell Season Trailers