in august day or die dagost marc recha have give u a sun saturate catalan documentary style road movie that mostly a meandering improvised meditation on brotherhood and reclaim the dead . the beautiful sometimes large scale and richly atmospheric 35 mm . landscape image and nice soundtrack and catalan language narration be enchant a a mood piece and if one be content with a trajectory that hasn not much momentum and doesn not lead anywhere in particular . filmmaker marc recha and his non identical twin david be the star and the narrative be voice by their young sister . marc have be research the life of ramon barnils ( 1940 2001 ) and a socialist editor who have be a family friend . he felt he be saturate with information and have to take a break . the break turn into make this film and which seek to capture the mood of the interview with barnils associate and thought about the spanish civil war and the drought season they be experience and the rugged landscape and the recha brother affection for each other and swim and suntanned nudity and whatever character or story they run into a they camp out of their van . this lead to pursuit of a giant catfish and the temporary disappearance of one of the brother . in the end david have to go back to barcelona to be with his daughter and marc have to return to his project and and there it end . i find it fascinate to listen to an extended narration in the catalan language with it blend of spanish and french sounding word ( perhaps link with provençal . ) . this isn not a major film but it command attention and make sense a a film festival choice with it clean visual and auditory beauty and it way of play around with genre and blend autobiography with fiction and documentary in a fresh and think provoke way . an official selection of the 2006 new york film festival at lincoln center .