Sundance 2016: John Carney’s SING STREET Gets a Trailer

A new trailer for John Carney‘s (Once, Begin Again) upcoming film Sing Street has been released ahead of its premiere at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. The film revolves around a teen boy growing up in Dublin in the 1980’s who forms a band with his friends in order to impress a girl he likes. Featuring the music of The Cure, A-HA, Duran Duran and others, the movie looks to have plenty of New Wave inspired nostalgia, so naturally I’ll be checking it out.

The Weinstein Company will be releasing the film in theaters later this year, but there’s no official release date as of yet. Sing Street will be premiering in Park City January 24th.

SING STREET takes us back to 1980s Dublin from the eyes of a 14-year-old boy named Conor (Walsh-Peelo) who is looking for a break from his home strained by his parents’ relationship and money troubles, while trying to adjust to his new inner-city public school where the kids are rough and the teachers are rougher. He finds a glimmer of hope in the mysterious, über-cool, and beautiful Raphina (Boynton), and with the aim of winning her heart he invites her to star in his band’s music videos. There’s only one problem, he’s not part of a band… yet.

She agrees, and now Conor must deliver what he’s promised – calling himself “Cosmo” and immersing himself in the vibrant rock music trends of the ‘80s, he forms a band with a few lads, and the group pours their hearts into writing lyrics and shooting videos.

Inspired by writer/director John Carney’s (ONCE, BEGIN AGAIN) life and love for music, SING STREET shows us a world where music has the power to take us away from the turmoil of everyday life and transform us into something greater.