Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto (2008)

Réalisateur:

Miguel Gomes

Scénaristes:

Telmo Churro (co-writer)
Miguel Gomes (writer)
(suite)

Date de sortie:

21 août 2008 (Portugal)

Genre:

Musique | Romance

Plot Keywords:

Fire | Fireworks | Summer | Concert | Tourist

Récompenses:

12 wins

Avis des utilisateurs:

Different makes the difference

Ensemble

Sónia Bandeira	...	Tânia
Fábio Oliveira	...	Hélder
reste de la distribution par ordre alphabétique:
Joaquim Carvalho
Manuel Soares	...	Celestino

Réalisé par
Miguel Gomes

Scénaristes (dans l'ordre alphabétique)
Telmo Churro		co-writer
Miguel Gomes		writer
Mariana Ricardo		co-writer

Produit par
Sandro Aguilar	....	producer
Thomas Ordonneau	....	producer
Luís Urbano	....	producer

Image
Rui Poças

Montage
Telmo Churro
Miguel Gomes

Directeur de production
Patricia Almeida	....	production manager

Assistant réalisateur
Bruno Lourenço	....	first assistant director
Catarina Ramalho	....	second assistant director

Département Art
Bruno Duarte	....	set designer
Susana Moura	....	assistant art director

Technicien du son
António Lopes	....	sound editor
Miguel Martins	....	sound editor
Vasco Pimentel	....	sound

Caméra et Département Electrique
Lisa Persson	....	first assistant camera

Département Musique
António Lopes	....	music mixer

Companies de production

• Shellac Films
• O Som e a Fúria

Distributeurs

• Filmes do Estação (2009) (Brazil) (theatrical)
• O Som e a Fúria (2007) (Portugal) (theatrical)
• Shellac Distribution (2009) (France) (theatrical)

Autre(s) titre(s):

Ce cher mois d'août (France)
This Dear Month of August (International: English title)

Durée:

Argentina:147 min (Buenos Aires Festival Internacional de Cine Independiente) | Portugal:147 min

Pays:

Portugal | France

Langue:

Portugais | Français | Anglais

Couleur:

Couleur

Son:

Dolby Digital

Classification:

Portugal:M/12 | Argentina:13

Lieux de tournage:

Arganil, Portugal

Société:

Shellac Films

Anecdotes:

Portugal's 2009 Academy Awards official submission to Foreign-Language Film category.

Different makes the difference

I am aware that lately some movie directors use documentary and fiction in their films. Actually, almost everybody (critics and public) mentions that in what concerns this film, but for me that is the smallest part of what is important in "Aquele querido mês de Agosto". Its splendor and beauty results, in my opinion, in the adequate way how the plot's initial idea, such as the emotional connections among father, daughter and a cousin, elements of a popular band of musicians, are worked and manipulated making them extremely appropriated to the lyrics and sounds of songs of Portuguese popular music, which illustrate, interpret and emphasize their "soul" moods. And that occurs with no prejudices - this kind of music is generally associated with popular balls, to a "superficial" music made to dance, not to think about its contents. However a blogger wrote that this film is to watch and to "read".A critic also said that Miguel Gomes is not "deaf" to the images neither "blind" to the sounds and I agree with them.Besides a high sense of humor, not very common in the Portuguese cinematography, is another of the strengths of "Aquele querido mês de Agosto". The glare of this movie remains after we leave the cinema and we dream to live again another wonderful month of August.