第二次世界大战中的德国，13岁的男孩埃勒斯因无人照顾进入了一家病院工作，但是他在那里却发现了令人震惊的事情（纳粹的纳粹安乐死计划），并与朋友们团结在一起，企图破坏这个计划，影片以孩子的视角展现了令人震撼的一段历史，以及人性的善恶，二战时超过五千名儿童死于纳粹安乐死计划。

九十年代初的西部小城，结束了小升初考试的张小雷终于迎来了盼望已久的没有作业的暑假。然而这个自由的，炎热的夏天并不是想象中那样红火热烈，更多是平常反复的家庭生活和大把闲工夫。恰逢那一年国家开始实施国有单位转型，铁饭碗被打破，张小雷父亲的单位也受到改革冲击，他们生活的家属院里每一个家庭的生活都被改革影响着。孩子们整日百无聊赖，而看似平静的大人们，心却像烈日炙烤着那般燥热。张小雷就那么静静的耗着，感受着身边隐隐发生的一切。直到父亲为了生活同其他人远走他乡，家里只剩下了母子俩，张小雷才着实感觉到时间过去了，生活不一样了。立秋那天夜里，张小雷家的昙花在院子里悄然开放，像是意味着什么 。

九十年代初的西部小城，结束了小升初考试的晓雷终于迎来了盼望已久的没有作业的暑假。然而这个自由的，炎热的夏天并不是想象中那样红火热烈，更多是平常反复的家庭生活和大把闲工夫……恰逢那一年国家开始实施国有单位转型，铁饭碗被打破，晓雷父亲的单位也受到改革冲击，他们生活的家属院里每一个家庭的生活都被改革影响着。孩子们整日百无聊赖，而看似平静的大人们，心却像烈日炙烤着那般燥热。晓雷就那么静静的耗着，感受着身边隐隐发生的一切。直到父亲为了生活同其他人远走他乡，家里只剩下了母子俩，晓雷才着实感觉到时间过去了，生活不一样了。立秋那天夜里，晓雷家的昙花在院子里悄然开放，像是意味着什么……

The inhabitants of a mountainous Armenian village live a normal life, which abounds in tragic and comic, sad and happy moments. Arayik, a native of that village, takes a long time to realize his origins.

影片以抒情的镜头语言叙述了葡萄牙一个城镇在八月来临时的生活画卷，折射出在全球化趋势业已不可抗拒的前提下，地区种族融合的种种现状。36岁的葡萄牙导演米格尔-格默斯十年来拍摄了五部电影作品，曾在奥伯豪森短片国际电影节上获得最佳影片。

影片以抒情的镜头语言叙述了葡萄牙一个城镇在八月来临时的生活画卷，折射出在全球化趋势业已不可抗拒的前提下，地区种族融合的种种现状。36岁的葡萄牙导演米格尔-格默斯十年来拍摄了五部电影作品，曾在奥伯豪森短片国际电影节上获得最佳影片。

母の遺骨を胸に故郷―沖縄に帰り着く17歳の少年テル（松田龍平）。そこには、祖母、叔母、そして従姉妹のマレニ（末永遥）が待っていた。父親はテルがまだ幼い頃に家を出たまま行方がわからない。母の故郷ではあってもテルには馴染みのない土地。目に映るものすべてが珍しい。しかもマレニはユタ（＝霊能師）になるための修業中の身。他の人間には見えないものが見えるらしい。ある日、キジムナー（＝精霊・斉藤和義）に誘われて家を出るマレニを追って、テルも行き先の見えない旅に出る…。 　　沖縄を舞台にした映画がここ数年目立っている。東京を頂点とする殺伐とした都市型社会の対極にある場所として、アニミズムの地―人間と神々が共存し、生と死の境目を行き来する島―が映画制作者や観客を魅了し続けているのかもしれない。ファンタジーの要素をふんだんに取り込んだ『八月のかりゆし』は、戦争で多くの血が流され深く傷ついた島の、記憶と記録と癒しの物語になっている。 　　テルが幼い頃の記憶をたどって奏でる“マレビトの唄”の“マレビト”とは、遥か彼方から来訪し祝福を与える霊的な存在であり、タイトルの“かりゆし”には「めでたいこと」という意味があるそうだ。好々爺的風貌を生かした村山富市元首相のびっくりキャスティングもあり。

父亲去世后，哈维尔接手姊姊，回到小镇照顾躁郁症的母亲。放着临盆在即的妻子，独自留守布宜诺斯艾利斯。来回精神科诊所、安养院与法院，哈维尔独自带着母亲穿梭诊间，在不认账的保险公司柜台周旋理论。离开母亲前，他在想，还能再做些甚么？伦敦电影学校毕业制作，导演法兰柯沃尔庇回到家乡阿根廷，在紧握与放手之间，寻觅爱的支点。

While vacationing in Greece with her second husband, Louis Silverman (although she wasn’t all that keen in taking his surname in marriage, director DORIS WISHMAN was more than happy to add her hubby’s handle to her ever-expanding list of pseudonyms), Wishman stumbled upon a small-time film company in desperate need of funds, ultimately returning home with the rights to The Hot Month of August and Passion Fever – purloining both productions for less than $4000. En route back to New York, Doris absentmindedly left her briefcase containing both August and Fever’s translated scripts on a train, forcing her to rewrite the narratives from scratch while overdubbing the original dialogue (a prevalent practice throughout her entire career). 　　To make matters even more bizarre, Doris decided to spice up The Hot Month of August with a slew of new sexual escapades, mind-bogglingly shot in New York sans the production’s original participants. Solving the problematic situation in typically warped Wishman fashion, the director went to great (and often comical) lengths to obscure the faces of her body doubles with a variety of foreground bric-a-brac – potted plants, furniture, and a succession of undraped skin – resulting in a festival of featureless flesh that would have been more aptly titled “Planet of the Faceless Fornicators.” If you thought Wishman’s world was a wacky place before, you ain’t seen nothing yet! 　　On his way home from Athens, Greek stud Jason Philippi meets two women, Hope and Alexis. Though Jason’s in love with Hope, he has sizzling sex with Alexis. Trouble is, Alexis is married to Yarkos, a wealthy industrialist, who has hired a private eye to spy on her, blithely unaware that Alexis and the private eye are actually secret lovers who plan on murdering him! But wait! Yarkos gets wind of their little plot and turns the tables by killing Alexis, wounding the private eye, and framing the whole thing on Jason! Arrested for murder, Jason’s only hope is… well, Hope, who keeps the police (and audience) entertained with a lurid alibi…. 　　While Wishman managed to cobble together a fairly cohesive narrative from the ashes of the original, The Hot Month of August succeeds mainly on the strength of its wild sexual antics. Although even a retarded rhesus monkey could tell the difference between the dumpy debutantes of Wishman’s footage with the original’s svelte sirens, it doesn’t matter much. The added gropin’ and grindin’ are exactly as they should be: extensive, enthralling and, best of all, occurring every five minutes. More than enough reason to watch if you ask me. And Euro-cult fans should keep their eyes peeled for a young MARIE LILJEDAHL, star of Inga and Eugenie, in her very first screen appearance as a teen on the beach. But beware: though she has a couple of lines, the voice coming from that gorgeous body has been redubbed by Doris herself! 　　From the 35mm hot-and-sweaty negative.

A complex portrait of a city and its inhabitants, The Hottest August gives us a window into the collective consciousness of the present. The film’s point of departure is one city over one month: New York City, including its outer boroughs, during August 2017. It’s a month heavy with the tension of a new President, growing anxiety over everything from rising rents to marching white nationalists, and unrelenting news of either wildfires or hurricanes on every coast. The film pivots on the question of futurity: what does the future look like from where we are standing? And what if we are not all standing in the same place? The Hottest August offers a mirror onto a society on the verge of catastrophe, registering the anxieties, distractions, and survival strategies that preoccupy ordinary lives.