August Evening PG-13
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DVD Details
- Rated: PG-13
- Run Time: 2 hours, 8 minutes
- Video: Color
- Encoding: Region 1 (USA & Canada)
- Released: November 25, 2008
- Originally Released: 2007
- Label: Maya Home Ent
Performers, Cast and Crew:
Starring | Pedro Castaneda & Veronica Loren | |
Performer: | Abel Becerra, Walter Perez, Sandra Rios, Raquel Gavia & Cesar Flores | |
Directed by | Chris Eska | |
Edited by | Chris Eska | |
Music by | Jonathan Hughes | |
Screenwriting by | Chris Eska | |
Composition by | Windy & Carl | |
Produced by | Connie Hill & Jason Wehling | |
Director of Photography: | Yasu Tanida |
Entertainment Reviews:
Rating: B --
Loren has an ethereal presence that is, at the same time, indomitable.
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Christian Science Monitor
Jaime and Lupe are vividly realized, sympathetic characters.
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Oregonian
Eska's tale of a woman's unconditional support of her father-in-law is told with a faux-poetic sensibility that never really connects with his characters' lives.
Variety
As in the Ozu films that are an obvious influence on AUGUST EVENING, Mr. Eska's static camera fixes on minimalist images that evoke the textures of his characters' lives.
New York Times
[A] poignant film filled with ample rewards for those who submit to its leisurely pace and gentle observations....A kind of mini-saga that quietly yet vividly sweeps us into its well-drawn characters' plainly compelling lives.
Los Angeles Times
Castaneda [star]...gives a towering, Robert Duvall-style performance as a granitic man in late middle age whose internal world of pain and love and knowledge occasionally flickers to the surface.
Salon.com
Eska, who wrote and edited his film, appears to be at the beginning of a good career.
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The New Republic
Product Description:
In this contemplative drama, an illegal immigrant named Jaime (newcomer Pedro Castaneda) bonds with his son's widow, Lupe (Veronica Loren, making her film debut), even though a change is coming that will separate them. This earthy, quiet film from writer/director Chris Eska picked up the John Cassavetes Award at the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards.
Product Description:
August Evening follows an aging undocumented farm worker named Jaime and his young, widowed daughter-in-law, Lupe, as their lives are thrown into upheaval. Lupe is more of a daughter to Jaime than his own children, and the two try to stick together… but change is inevitable. At the heart of the story is the conflict between generations. Aging parents and grown children have difficulty expressing both their love and mutual disappointment in each other. A father recognizes the unstoppable force of time and must say goodbye to his daughter so she can start her own life.
The film is naturalistic in tone, featuring humming cicadas, ethereal music, chicken farms, meaningful glances, and rustling leaves. It includes subtle romance, gentle humor and heartbreaking tragedy, but it should not be depressing. Instead, we concentrate on the Japanese idea of "mono no aware," which is difficult to translate, but involves finding peace with life's imperfections. Heartwarming scenes highlight the bittersweet nature of life, finding resolution in the warmth of the characters, the beauty in sadness, and the universality of the human experience.
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