Fire Will Come

O que arde

60th TIFF: Greek Premiere

When Amador is set free, after his imprisonment for committing arson, there is no joyous homecoming in store. He sets out to return to his hometown, a small village in the Galician mountains. His life by the side of his elderly mother is hardscrabble and bleak, but Laxe’s camera finds the way to install beauty into the harshness. As the title implies, the fire will return, like a dark self-fulfilling prophecy, to set a tragedy in motion. A mesmerizing requiem on a vanishing way of life built on sorrow and unhealed anger.

Screening Schedule

No physical screenings scheduled.

Direction: Oliver Laxe

Script: Oliver Laxe, Santiago Fillol

Cinematography: Mauro Herce

Editing: Cristóbal Fernandez

Sound: David Machado, Sergio da Silva, Amanda Villavieja, Xavi Souto

Actors: Amador Arias, Benedicta Sánchez, Inazio Abrao, Elena Fernández, David de Poso, Alvaro de Bazal

Production: Miramemira, 4 A 4 Productions, Kowalski Films, Tarantula Luxembourg

Producers: Andrea Vázquez, Xavi Font, Andrea Queralt, Mani Mortazavi

Co-producers: Koldo Zuazua, Elise André, Donato Rotunno

Costumes: Nadia Acimi

Sets: Samuel Lema

Camera: Carlos Cañal

Format: DCP

Color: Color

Production Country: Spain, France, Luxemburg

Production Year: 2019

Duration: 85΄

Contact: Pyramide International, sales@pyramidefilms.com

Awards/Distinctions: Jury Prize (Un Certain Regard) – Cannes FF 2019 Golden Alexander 60th Thessaloniki International Film Festival

Oliver Laxe

Oliver Laxe, son of Galician immigrants, was born in Paris in 1982. His first feature film You All Are Captains won the FIPRESCI Αward at the 2010 Cannes Directors’ Fortnight. In 2016 he returned to Cannes with his second feature Mimosas, which won the Nespresso Grand Prize at the International Critics’ Week. His third film Fire Will Come was bestowed with the Jury Prize in the “Un Certain Regard” section at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival.