i be amazingly impress by this movie . it contain fundamental element of depression and grief and loneliness and despair and hope and dream and companionship . it wasn not merely about a genius musician who hit rock bottom but it be about a man catch up in grief try drastically to find solace within his music . he find a companion who come with her own issue . claire and de be able to provide each other with friendship and love but more importantly a conclusion to event which have shape their life for the bad . de be an unlikely character by todays standard of a rock star . yet he have musical genius . he also have an event in his past that have make him stagnate and while thing around him literally go to ruin . his focus be create his whale music and in fact it become an obsession for him . claire be the streetwise kid that need a place to stay . she find hidden talent while be in de company . she also find a mutual friend that accept her . she learn to trust him over a period of time . these two find love with one another . not the mind blowing and sex infused kind of passion and but a love where friendship and understanding mean more . for two people who have be hurt and they find trust together .