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Twelve years ago, on a moonlit rooftop above Washington
Square, Lyla Novacek (KERI RUSSELL), a sheltered young
cellist, and Louis Connelly (JONATHAN RHYS MEYERS), a
charismatic Irish singer-songwriter, were drawn together
by a street musician's rendition of "Moondance"
and fell instantly in love. Sharing the language of music,
their connection was real and undeniable...but short-lived.
After the most romantic night of her life, Lyla promised
to meet Louis again but, despite her protests, her father
(WILLIAM SADLER) rushed her to her next concert--leaving
Louis to believe that she didn't care. Disheartened, he
found it impossible to continue playing and eventually
abandoned his music while Lyla, her own hopes for love
lost, was led to believe months later that she had also
lost their unborn child in a car accident.
Years passed with neither of them knowing the truth.
Now, the infant secretly given away by Lyla's father
has grown into a spirited and unusually gifted child (FREDDIE
HIGHMORE) who hears music all around him in the rhythms
of life and can turn the rustling of wind through a wheat
field into a beautiful symphony with himself at its center,
the composer and conductor. Orphaned by circumstance,
he holds a profound and unwavering belief that his parents
are alive and want him as much as he wants them--if only
they could find each other.
Determined to search for them, he makes his way to New
York City. There, lost and alone, he is beckoned by the
guitar music of a street kid playing for change and follows
him back to a makeshift shelter in the abandoned Fillmore
East Theater, where dozens of children like him live under
the protection of the enigmatic Wizard (ROBIN WILLIAMS).
That night, he picks up a guitar for the first time and
unleashes an impromptu performance in his own unique style.
Astonished that this untrained boy can play so passionately,
Wizard names him August Rush, introduces him to the soul-stirring
power of music and begins to draw out his extraordinary
talent. Wizard has big plans for the young prodigy but,
for August, his music has a more important purpose. Never
giving up hope of finding the parents he knows are out
there somewhere, he calls out to them through every note.
He believes that if they can hear his music, they will
find him.
Unbeknownst to August, they have already begun that journey.
Having just learned her son is alive, Lyla is already
working desperately to locate him with the help of dedicated
social worker Richard Jeffries (TERRENCE HOWARD) while
Louis, still haunted by memories of his one true love,
finds himself returning to his musical roots and retracing
his steps to the place where they met.
Separated by the events of life but bonded by love and
music, Lyla, Louis and August search for what they lost
and what will make their lives complete again...each other.
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