August (2011) ( Elokuu )

August (2011) (DVD) (*)

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Original Title: Elokuu
Language Selections:
Danish ( Subtitles )
English ( Subtitles )
Finnish ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
Finnish ( Subtitles )
Norwegian ( Subtitles )
Swedish ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Finland ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
106 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Anamorphic Widescreen
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Music Video
Scene Access
Teaser(s)
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2011 and produced in:
Finland ( Scandinavia, Iceland )

Directed By:
Oskari Sipola

Written By:
Oskari Sipola

Actors:
Eppu Pastinen ..... Aku
Lina Turkama ..... Juli
Zagros Manuchar ..... Freda
Niina Koponen ..... Erika
Pihla Viitala ..... Johanna
Ilkka Heiskanen ..... Isä
Henrika Andersson ..... Äiti
Juha Lagström ..... Hannu
Markku Maalismaa ..... Risto
Heikki Ranta ..... Timppa
Timo Torikka ..... Eero
Matleena Kuusniemi ..... Sari
Jaana Joensuu ..... Sointu
Mika Kurvinen ..... Kalle
Kai Bäckström ..... Portsari

Synopsis:

I feel like everyone's going somewhere, laments Aku (Eppu Pastinen), the youthful protagonist of Finnish writer-director Oskari Sipola's debut feature, August (Elokuu). 'I'm being abandoned.' Resigned to a summer job working construction in his hometown of Helsinki, Aku awaits word of his university acceptance while his girlfriend Erika temporarily decamps to St. Petersburg. Chance encounters with the bewitching Juli (Lina Turkama) change the trajectory of earnest Aku's summer, and he quickly finds he is going somewhere-namely on a road trip of self-discovery. Accompanying his new companion through the countryside, he is forced to come to terms, in the midst of Juli's capriciousness, with his own insecurities and the meaning of his privileged upbringing. Bonding over challenges ranging from the theft of their car to Juli's sister's infidelity, the two grow closer, but will it last through fall? At 26, Sipola already shows prowess as a visual storyteller, powerfully capturing the restlessness, uncertainty, and passion that mark the rocky passage to adulthood-be it through the golden-hued, soft-focus images of Aku's graduation ceremony or the rapid-fire, pulsating scenes in a dance club.

Summer begins, Aku graduates high school and faces a great emptiness. As his girlfriend, parents and friends all leave the city, it looks to be the dullest summer ever. Everything changes at Midsummer when Aku meets Juli, a beautiful, strange and wild girl. Juli asks Aku for a ride to eastern Finland. Aku agrees - without any idea what he's getting himself into.

This product was added to our catalog on Friday 21 October, 2011.

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