Sing Street (2016)

Ben Carolan: Darren

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• Darren : What does "happy-sad" even mean? How can we be both things? It makes no sense.

  Conor : It means that I'm stuck in this shithole full of morons and rapists and bullies, and I'm gonna deal with it, okay? It's just how life is. I'm gonna try and accept it and get on with it, and make some art.

  Eamon : So how does that affect our music?

  Conor : Positively.

• Conor : What about "La Vie"?

  Darren : What's that mean?

  Conor : It's French for "The Life."

  Garry : What's French for, uh, "That's not gonna be the name of the band"?

  Conor : "Ce n'est pas le nom du groupe."

  Garry : There you go.

• Eamon : We could rehearse here 'cause my da's in Saint John of Gods.

  Darren : Is that a pub?

  Eamon : No, Darren. It's a place where alcoholics go to get off the drink, and stop beating their wives and kids.

  Darren : Right.

  Eamon : And neighbors.

• Eamon : So how do you mean you're "happy-sad"?

  Darren : Yeah, how're we supposed to market that?

  Conor : It means we're not pop anymore.

  Eamon : We were pop? Listen, I'm happy being anything. I just want to play music.

  Conor : That's fine. Be who you are, Eamon.

  Eamon : Well, I don't know who I am. Maybe I'm happy-sad, too. I don't know.