Begin Again is a 2013 American musical comedy-drama film written and directed by John Carney, and starring Keira Knightley and Mark Ruffalo. Knightley plays a singer-songwriter who is discovered by a struggling record label executive (Ruffalo) and collaborates with him to produce an album recorded in public locations all over New York City.

Plot

Formerly successful record label executive Dan Mulligan lives in New York City, estranged from his wife Miriam and teenage daughter Violet and struggling to keep up with the changing music industry. After being fired in front of his daughter, he goes on a drinking binge, leading him to a bar on the Lower East Side where he encounters Gretta James, singing.