A documentary filmmaker goes out to document August since he believes that this month constitutes a metaphor of whatever is hateful in the State of Israel Yet while doing so he himself becomes August August is a partly documentary and partly fictional film that portrays a month in the life of a filmmaker and his wife He wishes to document the month of August since he believes that this month constitutes a metaphor of whatever is hateful in the State of Israel She on the contrary is rather fond of August which represents to her all that is optimistic