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The lovely documentary The Swell Season, which premieres tonight at the Tribeca Film Festival, follows the duo and their bandmates on the road as they meet their public. The film begins to show the slow tears in the fabric of Hansard and Irglová’s relationship — both with each other and with their newfound public identities. Irglová doesn’t know if she’s ready for this level of stardom. Hansard, for his part, isn’t sure he even wants this level of mainstream acceptance; he bristles at his working-class mother’s pride at the Oscar win. What begins as something like a concert documentary winds up becoming the mirror opposite of Once: a quiet, stark portrait of how a relationship falls apart.
The Documentary About The Stars Of Once (New York Magazine)