''August'' is an LGBT American drama film, released in 2011.
"OUTFEST 2011: Los Angeles Gay & Lesbian Film Festival Preview"
''L.A. Weekly
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'', July 7, 2011. The full length directorial debut of Eldar Rapaport
Eldar Rapaport () is an American-Israeli film director, screenwriter and producer, best known for his 2011 feature film ''August''.
Originally from Tel Aviv,[Murray Bartlett
Murray Bartlett (born 20 March 1971) is an Australian actor. He became known for starring as a luxury resort manager in the first season of the HBO dark comedy series ''The White Lotus'' (2021), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outsta ...]
as Troy, a man returning to Los Angeles
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five years after abandoning his long-term relationship with Jonathan (Daniel Dugan) to move to Spain.["August Mixes Sexual Heat with the Cold Burn of Romance"]
''Queerty
''Queerty'' is an online magazine and newspaper covering gay- and LGBTQ-oriented entertainment and news, founded in 2005 by David Hauslaib. As of June 2015, the site had more than five million monthly unique visitors.
History
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'', July 9, 2011. His return, however, poses problems for Jonathan, whose unresolved feelings and continued attraction to Troy threaten his relationship with his current partner Raul (Adrian Gonzalez).[
The film is an expansion of Rapaport's 2005 short film ''Postmortem'', which also starred Bartlett and Dugan.
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Cast
* Murray Bartlett
Murray Bartlett (born 20 March 1971) is an Australian actor. He became known for starring as a luxury resort manager in the first season of the HBO dark comedy series ''The White Lotus'' (2021), for which he won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outsta ...
as Troy
* Edward Conna
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as Firm Director (as Eddie Conna)
* Adrian Gonzalez as Raul
* Daniel Dugan as Jonathan
* Kevin McShane
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The variant ''Kevan'' is anglicised from , an Irish diminutive form.''A Dictiona ...
as Radio DJ / TV Skit
* as Baby
* Bernhard Forcher
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Given name
*Bernhard of Saxe-Weimar (1604–1639), Duke of Saxe-Weimar
* Bernhard, Prince of Saxe-Meiningen (1901–1984), head of the House of Saxe-Meiningen 194 ...
as Sean
* Maria Chung
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People
* Mary, mother of Jesus
* Maria (given name), a popular given name in many languages
Place names Extraterrestrial
*170 Maria, a Main belt S-type asteroid discovered in 1877
*Lunar maria (plural of ''mare''), large, da ...
as Lynn
* Brad Standley
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* Brad (given name), a masculine given name
Places
* Brad, Hunedoara, a city in Hunedoara County, Romania
* Brad, a village in Berești-Bistrița Commune, Bacău County, Romania
* Brad, a village in Filipeni, Bacău, Romania
* ...
as Devin
* Tyler Lee as Straight Couple Husband
* Angelica Lee as Straight Couple Wife
* Massimo Quagliano as Pick Up Guy 1
* Hillary Banks as Nina
* Brenda Lanie as Deli Cashier
* Amy Clites as Lisa / TV Skit / Radio DJ 2
* Brian Sloan as TV news
* Todd Gaebe as Gallery Waiter
* Samantha Manalang as Gallery Waitress
* Scott Romstadt as Pick Up Guy 2
* David LeBarron as Bob
* Tod Macofsky as Ken (as Tod H. Macofsky)
* Mike Vaughn as Nick
* Matt Chaney as Beach Boy 1
* Adam Neely as Beach Boy 2
* Richard Ettley as Repair Man
* Austin Musick as Bistro Hostess
* Matthew Manalang as Bistro Waiters
* Narineh Hacopian as Bistro Waiters
* Jamie Papish as Band Players
* Eduardo J. Torres as Band Players
* David Ben-Ami as Band Players
* David Martinelli as Band Players
* Devon Farr as Belly Dancer
References
External links
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2011 films
American drama films
American LGBTQ-related films
2010s LGBTQ-related drama films
2011 LGBTQ-related films
2011 drama films
Gay-related films
2010s American films
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