A Romanian teenager struggles to care for her six younger siblings after her mother leaves the country to find work.

A girl on the cusp of her fifteenth birthday, Georgiana has been thrust into the role of matriarch so that her mother can take a job in Italy to provide for family. With six younger siblings to take care of, she struggles to fill her mother's shoes while dealing with all of the pitfalls of being a teenage girl. In candid scenes, regular phone calls between Georgiana and her mother reveal the girl's fears and challenges as she looks for guidance and support. As months go by, the siblings improvise and adjust to their circumstances, all while becoming increasingly homesick for the voice on the other end of the phone.

Honest and humanely told, Waiting For August is a touching portrait of a family's bond and a young woman's resiliency.

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