I LOVE the movie August Rush. The story, the music, the characters – especially Jonathan Rhys Meyers.
August Rush is centered around music; a classical musician hooks up with a rock musician and they accidentally create a musical genius in an evening of passion. The two lovebirds go their separate ways and fail to reconnect. The baby boy becomes an orphan as the mom recovers from a hit and run accident, thinking that her baby died in the accident. (He was actually released to an orphanage by the father of the mom.)
Through confusion and confinement, the orphan boy follows his instincts to find and reconnect with his parents; mastering every musical instrument he comes in contact with. The happy ending occurs when he conducts a symphony in an outdoor amphitheater where his birth parents find him and each other. It’s beautiful!
The moral of the story: keep pursuing what you love. Never give up on your creativity and drive to create.
