Our Beloved Month of August

Name: Our Beloved Month of August
Genre: Romance, Music
Released: September 3, 2010
Duration: 147 min
Rating: 82

2010

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FiGa Films | Release Date: September 3, 2010 | Not Rated

Summary: 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, and make babies. Our Beloved Month of August is an intoxicating blend of visuals, sound and music that follows theIn 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, and make babies. Our Beloved Month of August is an intoxicating blend of visuals, sound and music that follows the strange relationship between a father, a daughter and a nephew in a traveling pop band. [Cinema Guild]… Expand

Director: Miguel Gomes

Genre(s): Romance, Music

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 147 min

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Richard Brody

Jul 18, 2017

There’s neither pity nor sentimentality in Gomes’s populism; the highest strain of modern humanism faces up to the first person. Read full review

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Time Out London David Jenkins

Jul 18, 2017

Recalling the provocative docu-fictions of Abbas Kiarostami and Jia Zhangke, Our Beloved Month of August offers meta-textual manna for adventurous cinemagoers while remaining exhilaratingly true to its sunny, provincial roots. Read full review

J. Hoberman

Jul 18, 2017

Transparently a movie about a group of filmmakers who attempt to possess a particular location, Our Beloved Month relaxes into a meditation on the mysteries of place, personality, and process. Read full review

The Guardian Peter Bradshaw

Jul 18, 2017

Our Beloved Month Of August is a real one-off: eccentric and singular and cerebral: an arthouse event, yes, but also witty and emotionally engaged. I found myself thinking about it for days afterwards – and smiling a very great deal. Try it. Read full review

Glenn Heath Jr.

Jul 18, 2017

Gomes contemplates the many human dimensions wavering under the surface of this town, whether it’s the mythologies crowding a town’s gossip session or the tall tales flooding rants at a local bar. This is a collective voice of character rather than a dry document of reality. Read full review

Mike Hale

Jul 18, 2017

The whole turns out to be less than the sum of its elegantly constructed and cleverly uncategorizable parts. Read full review

David Fear

Jul 18, 2017

Despite its creator’s puckish charm, the movie occasionally sputters and detours down dead ends. Still, the promise on display is impressive; consider the film a calling card from someone to keep a very close eye on. Read full review

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