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Village Voice by Alan Scherstuhl
What's perhaps most moving in Waiting for August, a quiet film of weight and joy, is its sense of desperate normalcy.
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The Hollywood Reporter by Boyd van Hoeij
A low-key verite charmer.
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The New York Times by Jeannette Catsoulis
Soft in tone and muted in color, Waiting for August is a child’s-eye view of one family — among many in today’s Romanian economy — rising to the challenge of living without parents.
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The distinct lack of domestic drama is precisely what makes the doc so gratifying as a portrait of a family averting turmoil in spite of challenging circumstances.
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Los Angeles Times by Sheri Linden
Waiting for August" is an impressive, if muted, debut documentary.