8 Days in August

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 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.