Screen adaptation · Rostislav Shiroky

August

Based on the novel “The Magic Wine of August” («Волшебное вино Августа»). A road across almost the entire country, the roadside hotel “August” and a chance to return to a Young Pioneer summer.

The Story

Den is 25. Together with his girlfriend Ksyusha and his friend Max, he is driving across almost all of Russia. The friends are taking Ksyusha to a healer who does not help everyone.

During a stop at the roadside hotel “August”, Den gets a chance to return to his own Young Pioneer summer.

Novel“The Magic Wine of August” («Волшебное вино Августа»). Completed, unpublished
GenreAdventure novel with mystical realism
SettingOur Russia: the road, the hotel “August”, the Young Pioneer camp of childhood
CharactersDen, 25 · Ksyusha · Max

Tone

A warm, nostalgic film about the road and about summer. Not horror.

Golden summer lightThe roadBirch treesYoung Pioneer campA bottle of wine with a sealSoft film grain
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