The Second of August
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Two girls and a boy make a road trip to the woods, where they set up camp and spend the night. A speechless paean to slowness, quiet and intimacy. It remains unclear whether the film is improvised or not. The story reads like a page from a diary, about an empty day, that could have taken place any time.
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Film details
- Country of production
- Belgium
- Year
- 2015
- Festival edition
- IFFR 2015
- Length
- 19'
- Medium/Format
- File
- Premiere status
- World premiere
- Director
- Jonathan van Essche
- Producer
- Greet Busselot
- Sales / World rights holder
- Jonathan van Essche
- Screenplay
- Jonathan van Essche
- Cinematography
- Jonathan van Essche, Alice Demasure
- Production design
- Jonathan van Essche
- Sound design
- Aïda Merghoub
- Production company
- LUCA School of Arts and Design
- Editing
- Liyo Gong
- Principal cast
- Quinten van Essche