A Friday In August

Written in a baroque, multilayered style tinted with both lyricism and humor, this is the story of Fabrizio Notte, a filmmaker who makes documentaries on hit men. Invited to show his latest piece at a film festival in his home town of Montréal, he receives mixed reviews and begins to question himself. The trip serves as a pretext for an existential pilgrimage towards love and belonging, ultimately leading him back through time, through the vast, moving landscape that is memory, to his first love and ultimately, to himself.

Antonio D'Alfonso is a poet, essayist, independent filmmaker, and the founder of Guernica Editions. He has published several collections of poetry, including Comment ça se passe and is a Trillium Award winner. He lives in Toronto, Ontario. Jo-Anne Elder was a finalist for the Governor General's Literary Award in 2003 for her translation of Tales from Dog Island.