''Fire Will Come'' () is a 2019 Galician-language

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directed by

Óliver Laxe Óliver Laxe Coro (; born 11 April 1982) is a French-born Spanish film director, screenwriter and actor of Galician ancestry. His feature directorial debut, '' You All Are Captains'', premiered at the 2010 Cannes Film Festival, where it receive ...

. Filmed in the

Serra dos Ancares The Serra dos Ancares (Spanish: ''Sierra de los Ancares'', also known as ''Sierra de Ancares'') is a mountain range of the Galician Massif in north-west Spain, extending in a south-westerly direction from the western end of the Cantabrian Mountains ...

area of Galicia, many of the cast were local people and not professional actors.

Plot

The story takes place in the Serra dos Ancares mountain range in the Galician

province of Lugo Lugo is a province (Spain), province of northwestern Spain, in the northeastern part of the autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Galicia (Spain), Galicia. It is bordered by the provinces of Ourense Province, Ourense, Ponteved ...

, in north west Spain. It tells the story of Amador Coro, who has recently been released from prison after a conviction for arson – he had started a fire in the thick forests that cover the local mountains. Returning to live with his mother Benedicta in her farm house, he lives an uneventful life, tending his mother's cows and avoiding unnecessary contact with other people. However, when a large forest fire devastates the area, tensions against him appear due to his arson conviction.

Cast

* Amador Arias Mon as Amador Coro *

Benedicta Sánchez Benedicta Sánchez Vila (born October 24, 1934, in San Fiz de Paradela, Lugo) is a Spanish photographer and actress. Biography She married at the age of 17, and emigrated to Brazil with her husband. There she worked in a bar, as a bookseller a ...

as Benedicta, Amador's Mother * Inazio Brao as Inazio * Nuria Sotelo as Nuria * Rubén Gómez Coelho as Ruben * Iván Yáñez as Ivan * Luis Manuel Guerrero Sánchez as Luis Manuel * Luna as German Shepherd dog

Reception

Critical response

''Fire Will Come'' has an approval rating of 90% on

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, based on 59 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Deliberately paced yet richly rewarding, ''Fire Will Come'' slowly but surely draws the viewer into its unsettling grasp".

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assigned the film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".

Accolades

The film was screened in the

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section at the

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, where it won the Jury Prize. The film competed at the 34th Mar del Plata International Film Festival, the most prestigious film festival in Latin America, where it won the Golden Astor for Best Film. In 2019, Benedicta Sánchez was awarded the ''Castelao Medal'' by the

President of the Regional Government of Galicia The president of the Regional Government of Galicia (, ), is the head of government of Galicia. The president leads the executive branch of the regional government. The current office is established under the Galician Statute of Autonomy. It is ...

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34th Goya Awards The 34th Goya Awards ceremony, presented by the Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences (AACCE), honored the best in Spanish films of 2019 and took place at the Palacio de Deportes José María Martín Carpena in Málaga on 25 January 2020 ...

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References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Fire Will Come 2019 films 2019 drama films Spanish drama films Galician-language films Galician films Films about arson Films about wildfires Films directed by Oliver Laxe Films set in Galicia (Spain) Kowalski Films films 2010s Spanish films