Aquele Querido Mês de Agosto

Portugal | 2008 | col | 150 mins | dir. Miguel Gomes, with Sónia Bandeira, Fábio Oliveira, Manuel Soares, Joaquim Carvalho | cert. 12A | UK premiere

In the heart of Portugal, amid the mountains, the month of August is abuzz with people and activity. Emigrants return home, set off fireworks, fight fires, sing karaoke, hurl themselves from bridges, hunt wild boar, drink beer, make babies.  Our Beloved Month of August celebrates love and music, in abundance.

sat 31 oct  |  5.30pm

Followed by Q&A with dir. Miguel Gomes, Nuno Sena (IndieLisboa co-director), and Kieron Corless (Sight & Sound deputy editor)