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  • 2014
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2014
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary 15-year-old Georgiana Halmac lives with her six brothers and sisters in a social housing condo on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania. When their mother Liliana goes to work in Turin, Italy, Georgiana becomes the head of the family. Responsible for her siblings, her adolescence is cut short. Caught between puberty and responsibility, Georgi...

Written By: Teodora Mihai

  • 2014
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2014
  • NHK BS1
  • 1 h 28 m

Waiting for August

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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Summary 15-year-old Georgiana Halmac lives with her six brothers and sisters in a social housing condo on the outskirts of Bacau, Romania. When their mother Liliana goes to work in Turin, Italy, Georgiana becomes the head of the family. Responsible for her siblings, her adolescence is cut short. Caught between puberty and responsibility, Georgi...

Written By: Teodora Mihai

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90
Oct 2, 2014
What's perhaps most moving in Waiting for August, a quiet film of weight and joy, is its sense of desperate normalcy.
By Alan Scherstuhl FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 2, 2014
Waiting for August" is an impressive, if muted, debut documentary.
By Sheri Linden FULL REVIEW
75
Oct 5, 2014
The distinct lack of domestic drama is precisely what makes the doc so gratifying as a portrait of a family averting turmoil in spite of challenging circumstances.
By Nick Prigge FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 9, 2014
Soft in tone and muted in color, Waiting for August is a child’s-eye view of one family — among many in today’s Romanian economy — rising to the challenge of living without parents.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 2, 2014
A low-key verite charmer.
By Boyd van Hoeij FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Clin d'oeil Films, A Private View
Release Date Oct 3, 2014
Duration 1 h 28 m
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Website http://waitingforaugust.be/
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Awards

Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Dokufest International Documentary and Short Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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