Late August, early September

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Movie
German title Late August, early September
Original title Fin août, début septembre
Country of production France
original language French
Publishing year 1998
length 112 minutes
Age rating FSK 6
Rod
Director Olivier Assayas
script Olivier Assayas
production Georges Benayoun
Philippe Carcassonne
music Ali Farka Touré
Elli Medeiros
camera Denis Lenoir
cut Luc Barnier
occupation

Late August / early September is a French drama directed by Olivier Assayas from 1998. The film was also shown on television under the title The End of Innocence .

action

After eight years together, Gabriel and Jenny separated. Now they want to sell their apartment together. Gabriel already has a new girlfriend, designer Anne, whom he promises to move in together after the apartment is sold. Jenny, in turn, takes care of their mutual friend, the writer Adrien. He's sick, but hasn't told anyone except Jenny. His latest book has been published and received a mixed response. Adrien is also dissatisfied with his situation, as he has the feeling that he never really reached the audience.

A month later, Adrien and Gabriel go to Mulhouse , where Adrien grew up, for a documentary . Anne secretly travels after him and believes she will make Gabriel happy. But this reacts angrily; he feels constricted in the relationship, Jenny has already been very inclined to "cling". Anne is injured, but both make up again.

The film is finished three months later. Gabriel shows it to Jenny, who says he didn't speak to her. Both believe that Adrien will have to go to the hospital the next day for a routine check-up. However, Adrien is actually going to the clinic for an extensive operation and will stay in the hospital for at least 14 days. He also has a new girlfriend, unnoticed by his friends. He is the only one who confides the real reason for his stay in the clinic to Véra, who is only 15 years old. Shortly before the operation, Adrien finishes his new book, which he hands over to Jérémie. Gabriel visits Adrien in the clinic. Shortly afterwards he drives with Anne to his brother, where other friends of Jenny and Adrien's ex-girlfriend Lucie also meet. She realizes that Adrien has changed, has become more balanced and happier. Gabriel indicates that Adrien will die, so he overheard a conversation between the doctors.

Six months later, to the surprise of the doctors, Adrien has recovered. Gabriel and Jenny sold the apartment and Gabriel also got a job as editor of an encyclopedia. He also offers Adrien to collaborate on the encyclopedia, but Adrien declines the offer. In addition to uncertainties in his work as an author, he also doubts his relationship with Véra, as he feels he is exploiting it. He retires to Gabriel's brother in the country and writes Véra a letter in which he formulates his uncertainties. Adrien wants to take a break and calmly revise his current manuscript in Lisbon . Gabriel and Anne fall out in the meantime, but Gabriel plans to buy his own apartment again and not move in with Anne, whose moods are too demanding for him. There is a rift.

Adrien dies surprisingly in the house of Gabriel's brother. All friends appear at the funeral. When the apartment is closed, they must realize that Adrien has kept his relationship with Véra a secret from them. He also bequeaths to her the most valuable thing he has: a drawing by Joseph Beuys .

Two months later, Adrien's last book was published. It seems to be his best-selling work to date, even if Gabriel thinks it is the worst. He knows that Adrien wanted to revise the book, but never got around to it. It bothers him that he is now known with his death, but hardly anyone was interested in his books during his lifetime. The publisher is interested in works from Adrien's estate, but there is only the diary with details on Adrien's relationship with the minor Véra, which the publisher finds too sensitive. Gabriel and Anne make up, but Gabriel soon discovers that she seems to have disappeared. He learns from acquaintances that she is in London . When she returns, Gabriel is upset. However, she makes it clear to him that she has also used the time to think about their relationship, that she has finally decided on him. Gabriel, in turn, has given up working on the encyclopedia and instead, as a ghostwriter, wrote a historical biography for a politician. When handing over the manuscript, Gabriel sees Véra again, who meanwhile has a boyfriend her age. He decides to write his first novel of his own.

production

Late August and early September was the seventh feature film directed by Olivier Assayas. The film is divided into six segments:

  1. Problèmes immobiliers de Gabriel [Gabriel's real estate problems]
  2. Mulhouse (un mois plus tard) [Mulhouse (one month later)]
  3. L'admission (3 mois plus tard) [the admission (3 months later)]
  4. Les occasions manquées (6 mois plus tard) [missed opportunities (6 months later)]
  5. Le dessin de Joseph Beuys (le lendemain) [the drawing by Joseph Beuys (the following day)]
  6. Présence d'Adrien (2 mois plus tard) [Adrien's presence (2 months later)]

The film premiered on September 14, 1998 at the Toronto International Film Festival . It was released in French cinemas on February 10, 1999 and was released in German cinemas on October 7, 1999.

synchronization

role actor Voice actor
Gabriel Mathieu Amalric Marcus Off
Anne Virginie Ledoyen Solveig Duda
Adrien François Cluzet Martin Umbach
Jenny Jeanne Balibar Claudia Urbschat-Mingues
Jérémie Alex Descas Oliver Stritzel

criticism

On the occasion of the German cinema premiere , Der Spiegel praised director Olivier Assayas for his film: "From impressionistic casualness he develops a complex narrative, with a minimum of external means he touches deep feelings, with cautiousness he makes serious things easy." For the film-dienst was it is a "dialog-rich philosophical film that pours the restlessness and search of the differently contoured people into a stylistically appropriate form."

Awards

At the Festival Internacional de Cine de Donostia-San Sebastián , Jeanne Balibar won the Silver Shell for best actress in September 1998, while Olivier Assayas was nominated for the Golden Shell. In 2000, the film won a Turia Award for Best Foreign Film.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ end of August, beginning of September. In: synchronkartei.de. German dubbing file , accessed on March 2, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Cinema in brief: end of August, beginning of September . In: Der Spiegel , No. 41, 1999, p. 326.
  3. ↑ end of August, beginning of September. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .Template: LdiF / Maintenance / Access used