Song One (2014), directed by Kate Barker-Froyland

Folk music is the star of this quiet little film about love found in the face of tragedy. Anne Hathaway is Franny, an anthropologist estranged from her folkie younger brother, Henry, who has rejected academia. He is in a coma following a car accident and she deals with her fear and guilt by using his journal as a map to his life. Musician Johnny Flynn is a revelation as Henry’s folk idol and Franny’s love interest. It is to be hoped his talents are recognised and used more in future. Song One pretty much bombed with critics and at the box office, but deserved better and will be enjoyed by those who like folk music and films in the vein of Begin Again.