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August

Original title: Elokuu
  • 20112011
  • 1h 48m
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5.3/10
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August (2011)
Drama
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... Read allSummer 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 ri... Read allSummer 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.
IMDb RATING
5.3/10
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    • Oskari Sipola
    • Harri Paananen(original idea)
    • Oskari Sipola(idea)
  • Stars
    • Eppu Pastinen
    • Lina Turkama
    • Zagros Manuchar
    • Oskari Sipola
    • Harri Paananen(original idea)
    • Oskari Sipola(idea)
  • Stars
    • Eppu Pastinen
    • Lina Turkama
    • Zagros Manuchar
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    • 2User reviews
    • 1Critic review
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    Eppu Pastinen
    • Aku
    Lina Turkama
    • Juli
    Zagros Manuchar
    • Freda
    Niina Koponen
    • Erika
    Pihla Viitala
    Pihla Viitala
    • Johanna
    Ilkka Heiskanen
    • Isä
    Henrika Andersson
    • Äiti
    Juha Lagström
    • Hannu
    Markku Maalismaa
    Markku Maalismaa
    • Risto
    Heikki Ranta
    • Timppa
    Timo Torikka
    Timo Torikka
    • Eero
    Matleena Kuusniemi
    • Sari
    Jaana Joensuu
    • Sointu
    Mika Kurvinen
    Mika Kurvinen
    • Kalle
    Misa Lommi
    • Nainen baarissa
    Anna Kuusamo
    • Erikan kaveri
    Tua Harno
    • Pääsykoevalvoja
    Anna Kare
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      • Oskari Sipola
      • Harri Paananen(original idea)
      • Oskari Sipola(idea)
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    • Trivia
      Veera W. Vilo's debut.
    • Connections
      References Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Nuori ja kaunis
      written by Olavi Uusivirta

      performed by Olavi Uusivirta & Anna Järvinen

      courtesy of Velvet Untergang

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    A midsummer dream
    Elokuu, meaning 'August'... Is an engaging, gentle coming of age film. A lot of thought must have gone into the atmospheric cinematography ( From Mr.Joonas Pulkkanen ) of a blissful, near magical Scandinavian summer. As the fairly naive, contemplative middle class protagonist school leaver, 'Aku' explores his existential, more rebellious romantic self. The film begins with his long term girlfriend and family leaving him to his own devices - and after a friend tells him... 'that life is fleeting' And from the stresses of final exams - the City teenager starts to question his own choices and future career path and seemingly affluent parental lifestyle, that he will eventually mirror. On a road journey through the remote Finnish countryside with a mysterious, free spirited chance encounter. The film probably ends realistically, but fails to excite or escape it's bourgeois underpinnings or stereotypes - on either side of the camera. The films story arch becomes problematic and for me at least... far too melodramatic and drawn out in the final third. But still, Elokuu is an interesting and entertaining little film, from writer/director Mr.Oskari Sipola. Well worth a viewing.
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    • Sep 10, 2011

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      • April 1, 2011 (Finland)
      • Finland
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      • Kamppi, Helsinki, Finland
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      • Bronson Club
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