In the heart of Portugal, amid the mountains, the month of August is abuzz with people and activity. Emigrants return home, set off fireworks, fight fires, sing karaoke, hurl themselves from bridges, hunt wild boar, drink beer, make babies. If the director and film crew had got straight to it and resisted the temptation to join .. Read more
| Starring | Sonia Bandeira, Fabio Oliveira, Joaquim Carvalho |
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| Director | Miguel Gomes |
| Genres | Documentary, Drama, Music/Musical, Romance, World Cinema |
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In the heart of Portugal, amid the mountains, the month of August is abuzz with people and activity. Emigrants return home, set off fireworks, fight fires, sing karaoke, hurl themselves from bridges, hunt wild boar, drink beer, make babies. If the director and film crew had got straight to it and resisted the temptation to join in the festivities the synopsis would come down to: Aquele Querido Męs de Agosto follows the affective relationship between a father and daughter, and the daughters cousin, all musicians in a dance band. So, love and music then.
| Starring | Sonia Bandeira, Fabio Oliveira, Joaquim Carvalho |
|---|---|
| Director | Miguel Gomes |
| Studio | FUSION MEDIA SALES |
| Original title | Aquele Querido Mes de Agosto |
| Run time | DVD: 2 hrs 27 mins |
| Certificate |  |
| Genres | Documentary, Drama, Music/Musical, Romance, World Cinema |
| Language | DVD: Portuguese, French, English |
| Subtitles | DVD: English |
| Released | Production year: 2008 To Rent: DVD: 26 Sep 2011 |
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Confusing film.
The film starts as a documentary, set in the hills and mountains of Central Portugal. About half way through it changes to a fictional work, without initially ... read more »
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Bucolic Reverie
This seems like a portrait of a place and time given a framework by the actual making of the film, which runs like a theme throughout. People talk to each other... read more »
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Confusing film.
The film starts as a documentary, set in the hills and mountains of Central Portugal. About half way through it changes to a fictional work, without initially ... read more »
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