We’ve already had one music-in-New-York drama this year with Begin Again, but here comes Kate Barker-Froyland’s Song One, which will give Anne Hathaway a chance to once again visit romantic territory while she’s serenaded by Johnny Flynn’s folk singer.
Hathaway stars as Franny, an archaeologist working in Morocco who is summoned home when her musician brother Henry falls into a coma following an accident. Confronting the estrangement from her family, she sets out to explore her sibling’s life and music using his notebook. As she seeks out the places, sounds and musicians he loved, she meets James Forrester (Flynn), a troubadour that is Henry’s musical idol.
And, as if you couldn’t guess, a love connection develops between Henry and Franny, despite her family trauma and his own shy nature. Set against a Brooklyn backdrop, Song One features original music composed by Jenny Lewis and Johnathan Rice and is out in the US on January 23. It hasn’t yet secured a UK date.