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August 32nd on Earth

1999 · 88 min

A quiet, drifting mood piece that feels like a long late-night drive, all introspection and odd, tender detachment.}{.

Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Pascale Bussières, Alexis Martin, Paule Baillargeon
Overview
After escaping unscathed from a car accident, photo model Simone decides that having a baby is the only way to give her vacant life some meaning. She asks her best friend Philippe to get her pregnant, and he reluctantly agrees, on the condition that they conceive somewhere in a desert, so they leave Montréal on a 24-hour round-trip to Salt Lake City to find a suitable spot.

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Directed by
Denis Villeneuve
Genres
Romance, Drama
Starring
Pascale Bussières, Alexis Martin, Paule Baillargeon
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How it feels

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Tone
    Pacing
    slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
    Attention
    demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
    Themes
    • identity
    • isolation
    • friendship
    • parenthood
    • fate
    Places
    • road trip
    • big city
    • wilderness
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    None
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence none
    • Sex mild
    All scales, 0 to 10
    Scales, 0 to 10
    ScaleValue0 to 10
    Action1
    Horror0
    Humour3
    Realism7
    Romance4
    Tension3
    Darkness4
    Complexity6
    Emotional weight6

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    Details

    Genres
    romance, drama
    Directed by
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    Written by
    Denis Villeneuve
    Starring
    Pascale Bussières, Alexis Martin, Paule Baillargeon, Emmanuel Bilodeau, Joanne Côté, Frédéric Desager, Venelina Ghiaourov, R. Craig Costin
    Music
    Nathalie Boileau, Pierre Desrochers
    Cinematography
    André Turpin
    Runtime
    88 min
    Country
    Canada
    Languages
    French, English

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