Gabriel, an aspiring novelist, must reevaluate his personal life when his friend Adrien becomes suddenly ill. With his career in dire straits and his relationships with two women floundering, Gabriel must take stock of his life and decide what to do with himself. An oblique yet fully developed drama from veteran director Assayas.

DVD Features:

Region 1
Keep Case
Single Side - Single Layer
Letterbox - 1.85
Additional Release Material:
Featurette: Behind-the-Scenes
Production Interviews:
1. Olivier Assayas - Writer/Director
2. Mathias Amalric - Star
Text/Photo Galleries:
Production Notes
Filmographies: Olivier Assayas - Writer/Director
Biographies: Olivier Assayas - Writer/Director

Mathieu Amalric: 
Virginie Ledoyen: French actress, THE BEACH
François Cluzet: French Actor
Jeanne Balibar: 
Alex Descas: Actor/"No Fear, No Die"
Jean-François Gallotte: ACTOR\"EVIL WITHIN"
Arsinee Khanjian: Actress/"Speaking Parts"
Nathalie Richard: 

Olivier Assayas: 

Georges Benayoun: 
Philippe Carcassonne: 
Francoise Guglielmi: Producer

Luc Barnier: French Editor, THE LOST SON (1999)

"Olivier Assayas does it again, following up his delightful IRMA VEP with a much more serious but equally adept film -- one that should confirm him at the forefront of French filmmakers..."
"...LATE AUGUST has the sensation and impact of a brilliantly executed meditative flurry..."
"...[A] lovely movie..."
"...[Assayas is] a filmmaker capable of both subtle intensity and sneaky wit..."
"...Involving and intimate....An insightful film....It has the sympathy and psychological acuity we've come to recognize as the hallmark of French cinema at its best..."
"...Lenoir deserves his own kudos for his deft telephoto tracking shots....These rapturous interludes, often syncopated with riffs by West African guitarist Ali Farka Toure, express the quicksilver trajectories of Assayas' characters..."