THE HOTTEST AUGUST [DVD] Asked to go to Cristiano’s

Asked to go to Cristiano’s house to pick up clothes and documents

star of Eric Rohmer’s The Romance of Astrea and Celadon) remains behind with his adopted daughter

and now beautifully restored

this extraordinary documentary follows factory workers

THE HOTTEST AUGUST [DVD] Asked to go to Cristiano’sA complex portrait of a city and its inhabitants, THE HOTTEST AUGUST gives us a window into the collective consciousness of the present. The films point of departure is one city over one month: New York City, including its outer boroughs, during August 2017. Its a month heavy with the tension of a new President, growing anxiety over everything from rising rents to marching white nationalists, and unrelenting news of either wildfires or hurricanes on