uThe last appointment for the cycle of romantic films and TV films on Rai 1 with an unmistakable name: Destination love. This evening, at 21.20, it will be broadcast Press Play – The music of our lifea love comedy which, with the sound of songs, reflects on time and the second chances of life.
Press Play – The music of our lifethe plot
Laura (Clara Rugaard) is a young artist who, four years after her boyfriend’s disappearance, suddenly discovers she can travel back in time. As? Thanks to an audiotape made together with the boy before he died. In fact, some time before her, her best friend Chloe (Lyrica Okano) introduced her to Harrison (Lewis Pullman) and Laura would never have imagined meeting her soul mate. But unfortunately, the boy loses his life in a tragic accident on his birthday, leaving the young woman with an unfillable void.
Years later, at Chloe’s wedding, the girl finds the audio cassette created together with Harrison and, listening to the first track, something unthinkable happens. Laura she is catapulted back in time to the moment she first heard the song with her boyfriend. After the initial shock of traveling through time and finding herself in the arms of the love of her life, Laura realizes that this is the perfect opportunity to turn things around and prevent Harrison’s tragic fate. Will he succeed?
Clara Rugaard and Lewis Pullman in a scene from “Press Play – The Music of Our Lives”. (Courtesy The Avenue)
A film that thinks about time
As everyone knows, music has the power to transcend time and transport us back into the past to make us remember good or bad times. This amazing ability is just one of the many themes featured in Press Play – The music of our lifewritten and directed by Greg Björkman, which also focuses on grief and loss. In fact, the film does not only focus on the complexities of time travel but also wants to reflect on the second chances that life offers us. Set in the sunny location of Hawaii, the film has among its strengths the great alchemy between the two protagonists, very good at redeeming a sometimes saccharine script and too focused on their relationship than individual personalities.
Despite these small flaws, the film is romantic and enjoyable also thanks to an eclectic indie soundtrack and the funny interludes offered by her friend Chloe. In some ways similar to Matter of time with Rachel McAdams, Press Play – The music of our life «it’s about how hard it is to let go and break the expectations you set for yourself”, declared the director. “I wanted to make a film that could entertain the audience but also invite them to understand how important it is not to cling to certain goals. My life experiences have made me realize that you can’t control what other people do or think. If we expect to have control over everything, we will be disappointed».
Clara Rugaard in “Press Play – The music of our lives”. (Courtesy The Avenue)
Starring Clara Rugaard and Lewis Pullman
Danish actress and singer born in 1997, Clara became famous in her homeland from an early age for having lent her voice to the character of Violet in the Disney series of the same name. After moving to London at the age of 18, she begins to be noticed by a series of insiders then she, after a bit of apprenticeship, in 2022 she is offered the starring role in the series The Rising – Hunt for my killer while we recently saw her in the sixth season of Black Mirror.
As for Lewis Pullman, the young man is the son of the great actor Bill Pullmanprotagonist of masterpieces such as Lost roads by David Lynch but also in cult romantic comedies such as A love of his own with Sandra Bullock. Lewis, born in 1993, last year it was noted in Top Gun: Maverick and in the series Catch-22. At the Venice Film Festival which will start very soon, we will instead see him among the protagonists of The Caine Mutiny Court-Martiallast film by the recently deceased director William Friedkins.
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