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  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 2 h 8 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 2 h 8 m
August Evening

Summary 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. ...

Directed By: Chris Eska

Written By: Chris Eska

  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 2 h 8 m
  • 2008
  • PG-13
  • Maya Entertainment
  • 2 h 8 m

August Evening

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Summary 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. ...

Directed By: Chris Eska

Written By: Chris Eska

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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 11 Critic Reviews
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82% Positive
9 Reviews
18% Mixed
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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89
This quiet, contemplative gem of a film paints a painfully accurate portrait of familial love, loss, and healing-by-degrees among the migrant communities bordering San Antonio.
By Marc Savlov FULL REVIEW
80
The heart of the movie is not in its plot but in its characters and atmosphere. Castaneda, a nonprofessional actor who runs a towing company in San Antonio, 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.
By Andrew O'Hehir FULL REVIEW
75
August Evening is rambling, diffuse, and at times so "sensitive" it makes your teeth hurt. And yet it's also intermittently quite affecting.
By Peter Rainer FULL REVIEW
70
Though this artful film inches toward its not-unpredictable conclusion and could logically have ended several times before its final fadeout, I was sorry when it was over. How rare is that?
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70
Eska seems to be attempting an ambitious Mexican-American variation on "King Lear," another tale of an aging patriarch seeking refuge but ultimately rejected by ungrateful children.
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67
The unforced ease of the performances make August Evening an intermittent pleasure, but its images aren't strong enough to sustain its undisciplined length.
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40
Although guided by considerable empathy toward its small circle of kinfolk eking out a living in southern Texas, 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.
By Robert Koehler FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Doki-Doki Productions
Release Date Sep 5, 2008
Duration 2 h 8 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline A new country. A new life. A new love.
Website http://www.augustevening.com/
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Awards

Los Angeles Film Festival
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
Film Independent Spirit Awards
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Ashland Independent Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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