09:40 A date with the best film: August Love
"August Love"
Screenwriters: Paulo Castro, Nick Kass Terry
Director: Kristen Sharidan
Starring: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Keri Russell, Freddie Highmore, Robin Williams
Story summary:
Twelve years ago, on a beautiful moonlit night in Washington Square, Leila Novacek, a child who had been The cellist, whose father is overprotective, hopes to be relieved from the suffocating close surveillance. When she runs to the roof, she encounters Louis, a handsome and charming Irish singer carrying a guitar. To the slowly lingering melody of "Dance of the Moon Palace" played by street singers, Laila and Louis met and quickly fell in love. After the two spent a romantic night together, despite Laila's constant protests, she However, her father insisted and even forced her to continue holding concerts, causing her to be unable to fulfill her promise to see Louis. Louis was frustrated that the love for him by Leila, who was excellent and well-off, was not as deep as he thought. He lost his courage because of his heartbreak. Louis found that he could no longer continue writing and playing guitar. In the end, he gave up. I gave up music and left this sad place. Laila also lost the love of her life, and a few months later, a car accident took away her unborn baby.
In the blink of an eye, more than 10 years have passed. Laila and Louis, who did not know the truth, have been living in their own regrets and sadness. They did not know that in fact, Laila’s child did not die, but was killed by her father. Sent away secretly. Now the little boy named August Rush is 11 years old. Not only is he brave and lively, he also has extraordinary talents - any sound that happens around him becomes a sound in his ears. He created a beautiful melody, and as long as he stood in the wheat field, he could even turn the rustling of the wheat ears in the breeze into a grand symphony. It is obvious that Auguste was a born composer and conductor. Although he grew up an orphan, Auguste was convinced that his parents were still alive and that they needed him as much as he desperately wanted them. After making up his mind to find his parents, August left the orphanage and came to New York alone, but lost his way on the streets of New York.
At this time, August was attracted by a child playing on the street, and followed him to the abandoned Fillmore East Theater, where he remained in this temporary refuge. There are many homeless children like him, who are protected by a mysterious man called "The Wizard". That night, August picked up the guitar for the first time, and then he improvised a song for everyone without a teacher. The "wizard" was amazed that a little boy who had never received any musical training could release such a passionate melody, so he designed a series of performance plans for August... August did not feel that There is something wrong with what the "Wizard" did, because he believed that his parents lived somewhere in this city, and if they heard his music, they would definitely find him. At that time, August didn't know that the "search" he was looking forward to had already begun.
Laila's father finally told her the truth. It turned out that the baby she thought had died was still alive. Leila frantically approached social worker Richard Jeffries, hoping he could help her find her son, who had been separated for 11 years. And Louis, who had traveled far away, returned to the place where they first met because he still couldn't forget his love for Laila...