201215

The Swell Season

Name: The Swell Season
Genre: Documentary, Music
Released: 2012-07-13
Rating: 5.7

DocumentaryMusic1h 29m

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78%

Tomatometer

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76%

Popcornmeter

5.7

TMDB

Storyline

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.

Trailers

2 videos

Details

DirectorsChris Dapkins, Carlo Mirabella-Davis, Nick August-Perna

ReleasedJul 13, 2012

StatusReleased

Original languageEnglish

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guide15IE

Studio

Elkcreek Cinema

Reviews

6 reviews · 5 critics

5 fresh · 0 rotten

Guy Dixon

RTGlobe and MailJan 13, 2012

The Swell Season wins the documentary prize for beating viewers over the head with gentleness, with the duo accentuated in rich, photographic chiaroscuro.

Peter Howell

RTToronto StarJan 12, 2012

A poignant documentary that tracks the fast rise and slow fall of the Hansard-Irglova fairy tale, through both tunes and tears.

Lisa Kennedy

RTDenver PostDec 2, 2011

For Once lovers who needed a "what happened next?" epilogue, this one moves even as it chastises.

Ellie Lucas

RTThe Dispatch (Lexington, NC)Jun 8, 2019

Filled with pathos and painful truths, strikingly captured by unsuspecting filmmakers who stumbled into a veritable gold mine of emotional riches.