Waiting for August

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Waiting for August

2014

1h 28m

Documentary

Drama

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Georgiana, a 15-year-old teenager from Bacau, has to raise her six siblings alone when her mother travels abroad to work.

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Jeannette Catsoulis

New York Times

Soft in tone and muted in color, "Waiting for August" is a child's-eye view of one family - among many in today's Romanian economy - rising to the challenge of living without parents.

Oct 9, 2014

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Alan Scherstuhl

Village Voice

What's perhaps most moving in Waiting for August, a quiet film of weight and joy, is its sense of desperate normalcy.

Oct 7, 2014

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Nick Prigge

Slant Magazine

The distinct lack of domestic drama is precisely what makes the doc so gratifying as a portrait of a family averting turmoil in spite of challenging circumstances.

Rated: 3/4

Oct 5, 2014

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Dan Tabor

Cinapse

Waiting for August is gorgeously shot and compelling in its narrative as the director manages to remain completely subjective in her portrayal of this situation, allowing us as an audience to draw our own conclusions.

May 29, 2020

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Tom Clift

Movie Mezzanine

A delicate, relatable portrait of domestic minutiae.

Rated: B

Oct 11, 2014

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David Noh

Film Journal International

The Halmacs are a scrappy, lively bunch, fueled by the antic energy of its youngest members, and Mihal's lens lingers lovingly on them. Perhaps too much. The film would greatly benefit from tighter editing...

Oct 10, 2014

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scott f

Beautiful, compelling documentary.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Teodora Ana Mihai

Director

Teodora Ana Mihai

Writer

Dries Phlypo

Producer

Hanne Phlypo

Producer

Antoine Vermeesch

Producer

Karim Baggili

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Synopsis

Georgiana, a 15-year-old teenager from Bacau, has to raise her six siblings alone when her mother travels abroad to work.

Director: Teodora Ana Mihai
Producer: Dries Phlypo, Hanne Phlypo, Antoine Vermeesch
Screenwriter: Teodora Ana Mihai
Genre: Documentary, Drama
Original Language: Romanian
Release Date (Streaming): Sep 15, 2020
Runtime: 1h 28m

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