Time Out says
The natural response to the material is that it exists simply to offer a sincere and splendidly poetic chronicle of the rustic textures of Portuguese life, until just over the mid-point when – out of the blue – the close-knit members of one particular band usher the film from reality into fiction, and a brooding family drama plays out across the landscape we’ve just been introduced to. 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.
Release Details
- Release date:Friday 29 January 2010
- Duration:145 mins
Cast and crew
- Director:Miguel Gomes
- Screenwriter:Miguel Gomes
- Cast:
- Sonia Bandeira
- Fabio Oliveira
- Manuel Soares
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