Always the same, every year – but this time, it’s completely different.

As an established tradition, Helena and Adam and their son Finn spend their summer holidays every year in the same place, by the sea in southern Italy, and at the same time. Always in the company of their old friends Ellie and Matti, and their son Luca.

But one day, on the way back to the car after a hot day on the beach, Finn collapses and is briefly unconscious. He is only kept in the hospital for a short time before the doctors give him the all-clear… but it’s enough to undermine the façade of the seemingly well-functioning family. The question of what triggered Finn's breakdown refuses to go away, and a perceptible discord creeps into the harmony of the previously carefree days – between the two families, but above all between Adam and Helena.

Cast

Helena
Julia Jentsch
Adam
Florian Lukas
Ellie
Sarah Hostettler
Matti
Sami Loris
Comandante
Fortunato Cerlino
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8 Days in August

Samuel Perriard

  • Fiction
Production Country / Year
Switzerland, Italy 2023
Language
dt., it., engl. OF m. engl. UT
Format
DCP, Color, 89min
2.39:1, Discrete 5.1
Original Title
8 Tage im August

Director & Crew

Samuel Perriard 1

Samuel Perriard

Born in 1983 in Männedorf/Switzerland. Studied Scenography at the Zurich University of the Arts and Directing at the German Film and Television Academy Berlin. Active as a director and screenwriter.

Filmography

2013 Black Panther Spielfilm
2010 Der Kommissar TV
2019 Starshot Kurzfilm
2020 Wilder iii TV Mini-Serie
Co-Regie
2023 Queen Kurzfilm
8 Days in August Spielfilm 2023
Writer
Samuel Perriard
Markus Ziegler
Director of Photography
Gaëtan Varone
Editor
Rebecca Trösch
Production Designer
Demian Wohler
Costume Designer
Sophie Reble
Sound
Jacques Kieffer
Music Composer
Balz Bachmann
Producer
Sarah Born
Martin Rattini
Rajko Jazbec
Dario Schoch

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