August: A Moment Before the Eruption

Overview

A documentary filmmaker goes out to document August, since he believes that this month constitutes a metaphor of whatever is hateful in the State of Israel. Yet while doing so he himself becomes August. "August" is a partly documentary and partly fictional film that portrays a month in the life of a filmmaker and his wife. He wishes to document the month of August, since he believes that this month constitutes a metaphor of whatever is hateful in the State of Israel. She, on the contrary, is rather fond of August, which represents to her all that is optimistic.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

February 14, 2002

Original language

English

Countries

France, Israel

Director

Avi Mograbi

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0310683