PORTUGAL
OUR BELOVED MONTH OF AUGUST [Aquele querido mês de agosto]

A documentary, a narrative, a concert film, a travelogue and its own "making of"--all at once!--this audacious film has garnered immense acclaim around the world. Beginning as a relaxed trip through summer music festivals in rural Portugal, the movie gradually peels back a layer to reveal the difficulties facing its struggling director. As the filmmaker flails, another layer emerges, in the form of a family drama starring the locals, whose "characters" are hard to separate from their actual selves. Obliterating the line between documentary and fiction, this is a joyful, immersive portrait of a community and a mind-blowing deconstruction of filmic form.

DIR/SCR Miguel Gomes; SCR Telmo Churro, Mariana Ricardo; PROD Sandro Aguilar, Luis Urbano. Portugal, 2008, color, 147 min. In Portuguese, English and French with English subtitles. NOT RATED

Wed, Oct 6, 6:30