
August Rush(2007)
Lyla and Louis, a singer and a musician, fall in love, but are soon compelled to separate. Lyla is forced to give up her newborn but unknown to her, he grows up to become a musical genius.


“Some gifts come in extraordinary packages.”
A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.

Leighton Meester
Eleanor

Debra Messing
Barbara

Billie Joe Armstrong
Dennis

Julian Shatkin
Reggie

Georgia X. Lifsher
Sylvia

Olga Merediz
Esa

J. Smith-Cameron
Mary

Tamara Torres
Bolia

Olivia Luccardi
Shelly
Darcy Fowler
Courtney
Like Sunday, Like Rain is a drama, music film released in 2014 exploring themes of new york city, friendship, au pair, prodigy. Directed by Frank Whaley, it stars Leighton Meester, Debra Messing, Billie Joe Armstrong. A struggling musician becomes a 12-year-old musical prodigy's guardian for a summer.
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