Movie

August in the Water

1995 · 117 min

A slow, dreamlike plunge into cosmic mystery, where everyday youth collides with eerie, metaphysical forces.

Overview: A teenage girl gains supernatural power after an accident and comes to understand her place in the universe.
How it feels: Eerie, melancholic, earnest and dark. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, coming-of-age, isolation, fate
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
coming-of-age
isolation
fate
nature
Places: small town
school
hospital
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none