Flora and Son: Irish filmmaker John Carney on why he cast Eve Hewson in his latest hit movie 

A former member of The Frames, the creator of Once and Sing Street inevitably has a strong music strand running through his latest film, writes Esther McCarthy

Eve Hewson and Orén Kinlan in Flora and Son.  

John Carney has a vivid memory of his late mother, Frances Knott, handing him his first guitar. Fourteen-year-old him didn’t know it at the time, but it would be a seminal moment in his life.

Already inspired in his growing love of music by the records his siblings would play, his mother’s purchase brought his passion to another level.