JOURNAL 4

 AUGUST RUSH

     ‘’ I believe in music the way some people believe in fairy tales. But I hear it comes from my father and mother. Once upon a time they fell in love… ‘’

      These are the opening words of the drama film ‘’ August Rush ’’, which was made in 2007. It is my favorite film and that’s why I chose to talk about it.

  

   Its plot is based on three main characters, Louis, Lyla and Evan. In 1995, Louis, the singer of the band ‘’ The Connelly Brothers ‘’, and Lyla, a cellist in an orchestra, meet in a party and fall in love with each other. They sleep together that night; however, Lyla has to rush to Chicago with her despotic father to join another concert the other morning. They promise to meet again, but Lyla’s father does not let her to meet Louis. Therefore, they lose contact. For months, Louis waits for her but Lyla does not show up. Meanwhile, Lyla understands that she is pregnant; nevertheless, her father wants her to give up the baby. While arguing with him, Lyla rushes off to street and she is hit by a car. Due to the accident, she gives birth prematurely and her father tells her that she lost the baby. However, he has given the baby to an orphanage to get rid of him. As years pass, both Louis and Lyla quit their musical career and they stop hoping that they will meet again. Meanwhile, that baby, Evan, grows up with the hope that one day he will find his family. At the age of 11, he runs away from the orphanage and goes to New York to find his mother and father. One day in his death bed, her father tells her that the baby was alive and he gave him to an orphanage. Upon learning this, she starts to look for her son. At the same time, Louis understands that his life is meaningless without Lyla and music, so he starts to look for Lyla.  While their quest to find each other, Lyla, Louis and Evan find out that their common point is music and that they can make their voice heard only by means of music. Therefore, Louis comes to New York to sing for the last time. The same night, Lyla decides to take part in a big concert, in which Evan will take part in, too. After the concert, while heading to the airport, Louis sees Lyla’s name on a banner and runs to the concert place to find her. While Lyla is about to leave the concert place, she hears Evan’s music and understands that he is her son. At that time, Louis touches her hand and they look at their son with proud.

     I hope I managed to summarize the plot well because it proceeds in a very complicated way in the film. I like the film very much because it portrays the purity of real love in an amazing way. I can’t help myself feel sympathy and warmth every time I watch it. The main point of the film is that true love is like the music inside us. This music is deeply rooted in the rhtym of our hearth. If we eliminate the noise, we could hear it. As August says ‘’ The music is all around us. All you have to do is to listen.’’