August: Osage County

August: Osage County

Misery loves family

2013121 min6.9 / 10

A raw, claustrophobic family drama that excavates generational trauma and dysfunction through sharp dialogue and confrontation, anchored by complex mother-daughter relationships.

An intense look at the lives of the strong-willed daughters of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional mother who raised them.

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