Our Beloved Month of August details
| Format: | 15 DVD |
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| Starring: | Sonia Bandeira, Fabio Oliveira, Joaquim Carvalho |
| Directors: | Miguel Gomes, Miguel Gomes |
| Genres: | Documentary - General, Drama, Music/Musical, Romance - General, World Cinema |
| Studio: | FUSION MEDIA SALES |
| Original title | Aquele Querido Mes de Agosto |
| Name | Discs | |
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Our Beloved Month of August |
15 Feature |
DVD Information
| Run time: | 2 hours 27 minutes |
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| Rental release: | 26 Sep 2011 |
| Main languages: | Portuguese, French, English |
| Subtitles: | English |
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Bucolic Reverie
By FrankIV (506 reviews) from Cirencester, England , 13 Dec 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
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 and directly to camera about themselves in the style of a documentary, and there are various narratives weaved in, with one becoming predominant as the film progresses. It's lyrical, full of gentle humour and catchy melodies, tinged with melancholy and some fraught moments, and given an extra dimension by a conversation between the director, the sound recordist and various members of the production team under the closing credits which I thought was a lovely touch. You do need to be able to give yourself up to it for about two and a half hours, but it's worth it, I think.- Was this review helpful to you?
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(3)A Long Muddle of a Film
By Cato (705 reviews) from Lydbury North , 27 Mar 2013Disjointed and at times incomprehensible, this film was supposedly a slice of Portugal intermixed with the making of a film. The only trouble was that one didn't always know which was which. I'm afraid that a long film seemed even longer to get through. Even my Portuguese friend left early.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Bucolic Reverie
By FrankIV (506 reviews) from Cirencester, England , 13 Dec 2011[Highly rated reviewer]
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 and directly to camera about themselves in the style of a documentary, and there are various narratives weaved in, with one becoming predominant as the film progresses. It's lyrical, full of gentle humour and catchy melodies, tinged with melancholy and some fraught moments, and given an extra dimension by a conversation between the director, the sound recordist and various members of the production team under the closing credits which I thought was a lovely touch. You do need to be able to give yourself up to it for about two and a half hours, but it's worth it, I think.- Was this review helpful to you?
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Confusing film.
By a customer , 05 Oct 2011The 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 becoming obvious. Some good acting, especially when you realize that it is not a fly-on-the-wall documentary; stunning scenery.- Was this review helpful to you?
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