August: A Moment Before the Eruption

August: A Moment Before the Eruption (2002)

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.

Date of release
2002-02-14
TMDB
6.8 / 10 (4)
Runtime
1h 12m
Genres
Documentary
Director
Avi Mograbi

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