August may be beach season, but streaming platforms are loading up with some of the most acclaimed films of the past year, spanning art house, thriller, and theatrical adaptation.
A Poet (Un poeta)
The month opens with A Poet, arriving on Filmin on August 7 and Movistar Plus+ on August 8. The second feature from Colombian director Simon Mesa Soto won the Jury Prize in the Un Certain Regard section at Cannes. The film follows a frustrated writer unable to reconcile his artistic ambitions with a far more mundane reality, blending sharp humor with melancholy in what the source describes as a tragicomedy about failure, ego, and the compulsion to keep creating.
La fiera
Netflix debuts La fiera on August 14, mixing psychological drama and thriller to explore the limits of violence and survival. The platform is positioning it as one of its major original bets for the summer.
Laponia
On August 21, Movistar Plus+ releases Laponia, a film adaptation of the stage play by Cristina Clemente and Marc Angelet. Two families gather in Finnish Lapland for Christmas, and what begins as a holiday reunion turns into a sharp debate about parenting, truth, and the contradictions of modern fatherhood.
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
Filmin closes the month on August 28 with The Disappearance of Josef Mengele, directed by Kirill Serebrennikov and based on the novel by Olivier Guez. Starring August Diehl and presented at Cannes, the film traces the Nazi doctor’s long flight through Argentina, Paraguay, and Brazil after World War Two.
