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Yesterday

Film director Danny Boyle describes himself as a “spiritual atheist, but in his 2019 romantic musical, Yesterday, he shows the power of love and music so strongly, I can’t help but think the Lord was at the center of it.

James 1:17 New International Version

¹⁷ Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows.

Mild spoiler alert covers first thirty minutes of the film:

I don’t want to give the movie away, but it is apparent early in the film’s opening, that the protagonist, a failed but talented musician, frustrated by his lack of commercial success, but ardently supported by his fellow teacher and manager, decides to take a regular day job when something extraordinary happens.

There is a global blackout, he is hit by a bus, and wakes up to find the world has changed, and certain famous people and things have ceased to exist, chiefly, The Beatles.

At his birthday party, he sings one of the famous pop groups’ songs, but none of his friends recognize the song or the band. He thinks it is some elaborate and cruel prank, but in time, he learns the truth.

He begins to launch his career by recalling the Beatles’ songs’ lyrics (nothing is available online or elsewhere), and starts to perform them. Soon faced with a choice between fame and true love, our hero tries to navigate an impossible situation.

Watch Yesterday, to come back to the heart of romance and artistry. With amazing performances by Himesh Patel, Lily James, Ed Sheeran, Kate McKinnon, Joel Fry, Robert Carlyle and others.