Fleadh on Film: Sing Street

A teenager in recession hit 1980s Dublin tries to adjust to a new way of life and impress a mysterious girl by starting his own band in John Carney's brilliant toe-tapping Irish comedy.

After Once and Begin Again, John Carney returns to Ireland for the third of his musical stories. Young Dubliner Conor (Ferdia Walsh-Peelo) is struggling to adapt to a new school until he meets the beautiful and super-cool Raphina (Lucy Boynton). In an effort to impress her he joins a band, finding he has an unexpected flair for songwriting.

Before long he’s reinvented as ‘Cosmo’, the star-turn for a flamboyant synth-pop act, and becomes fully immersed in a world of music that transcends all his other family problems.