Begin Again (film)

Begin Again is a 2013 American musical comedydrama film written and directed by John Carney and starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. Knightley plays a singersongwriter who is discovered by a struggling record label executive Ruffalo and collaborates with him to produce an album recorded in public locations all over New York City.

Dan Mulligan Mark Ruffalo is a formerly successful record label executive living in New York City who is estranged from his wife Miriam and struggling to keep up with the changing music industry. After being fired from his job, he goes on a drinking binge which leads him to a bar in the Lower East Side where he encounters Gretta James Keira Knightley. Gretta is a young and fiercely independent songwriter who has just broken up with her longtime boyfriend and songwriting partner Dave Kohl Adam Levine, a newly successful musician who had an affair with one of his producers assistants. Captivated by Grettas music, Dan offers to sign her to his former record label, and although she initially refuses she reconsiders the offer and agrees.Dan and Gretta meet with Saul, Dans business partner and cofounder of their record label, but he does not see the same potential in Gretta and turns her away. Undeterred, Dan proposes that he and Gretta produce their own album together, to be recorded live during the summer at various public locations around New York City. Recruiting a team of talented musicians, including Grettas best friend Steve, Dan sets out to make an album worthy of being published by his label. During this time, Dan and Gretta bond both personally and professionally, and Gretta takes Dans teenage daughter Violet, a fledgling guitarist, under her wing and encourages her to play on the album. When the album is finished, Dan and Gretta meet again with Saul, who is very impressed with their collaboration. Gretta demands that Saul give Dan his job back and give her a bigger share in the deal. They leave without reaching an agreement, but Dan feels confident that Saul will eventually sign Gretta to the label. ........

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