Daniela is growing up in a family in which anxiety stands in for people. And it appears every August, with inexplicable regularity. For Daniela, sunny days bring pain, not pleasure. Then she goes to university, meets Štěpán, and comes to believe that the unpleasantness is behind her. Little does she know that a past such as hers cannot be escaped.

In Augusts, Jakub Stanjura takes an original look at the serious subject of gaslighting, a special form of manipulation in which the victim questions their own rationality, memory, and overall perception of reality.