Mitte Ende August
Sometime in August
Happy and in love, Thomas and Hanna arrive at their new country cottage where they plan to spend the summer. But then Thomas′ brother Friedrich unexpectedly arrives – his wife and child have just left him. After initial difficulties with Friedrich′s reserved manner, Hanna begins to appreciate his reliability and responsibility – virtues one would not necessarily associate with witty, anarchistic Thomas. The next day Hanna picks up her goddaughter Augustine from Berlin. The four of them now work on the house, swim in the lake, play guitar. The more time they spend together, the clearer it becomes that silly billy Thomas persists in behaving like a teenager, while Hanna and Friedrich work on the house in tacit intimacy as if they were the parents of two adolescents. An éclat is inevitable …
Writer/director Sebastian Schipper: "I was looking for a book. When I opened ′Elective Affinities′, it was less with the thrill of anticipation than just needing a holiday read. I was always a devotee of the failed and the outcasts. Büchner. Heine. Kleist. Hölderlin. Goethe? For me a triumphator. A victor. Rich. Politician. A CDU man. But it′s completely different. Light. Bright. Little furniture, lots of room. At the beach I keep getting up and taking a few steps. Then I quickly return, amazed and excited. Before I know it, it′s decided: this will be my next film."
Source: 59. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin (Catalogue)
Credits
Director
Screenplay
Director of photography
Editing
Cast
- Thomas
- Hanna
- Augustine
- Friedrich
- Bo
- Galina Petrova
Production company
Producer
Alle Credits
Director
Assistant director
Script supervisor
Screenplay
Director of photography
Assistant camera
Titles / Opticals
Lighting design
Production design
Property master
Stand-by props
Make-up artist
Costume design
Editing
Assistant editor
Sound editor
Sound design
Sound
Sound assistant
Foley artist
Audio mixing
Casting
Cast
- Thomas
- Hanna
- Augustine
- Friedrich
- Bo
- Galina Petrova
Production company
in co-production with
in association with
Producer
Co-Producer
Line producer
Unit production manager
Production assistant
Production manager
Original distributor
Shoot
- 28.08.2007 - 21.10.2007: Hamburg
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.06.2009, 118539, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 08.02.2009, Berlin, IFF - Internationales Forum des Jungen Films;
Kinostart (DE): 30.07.2009
Titles
- Originaltitel (DE) Mitte Ende August
- Titelübersetzung (EN) Sometime in August
Versions
Original
FSK-Prüfung (DE): 25.06.2009, 118539, ab 6 Jahre / feiertagsfrei
Uraufführung (DE): 08.02.2009, Berlin, IFF - Internationales Forum des Jungen Films;
Kinostart (DE): 30.07.2009
Awards
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