Fire Will Come
Directed by Óliver Laxe
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1h 25m
Directed by Óliver Laxe | 86 mins | 2019
Filmed in and around Galicia’s Serra dos Ancares mountains, Laxe’s contemplative Un Certain Regard Jury Prize-winner "Fire Will Come" is the story of Amador (Amador Arias), a convicted firebug who has come home from prison to live with his mother, Benedicta (Benedicta Sanchez, like Arias, a nonprofessional actor). His attempts to acclimate himself to life on the outside are disrupted by a blaze that devastates the countryside, setting already-suspicious neighbors’ tongues to wagging.
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