By the Fire
2012, Spanish. Directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras.
Daniel and Alejandra, a working class couple in their late 30s, move to the countryside near the Andes Mountains to begin the next chapter of their life together. Alejandra is ill, and Daniel looks after her, his soul mate. He scratches out a living doing farm work, while dreaming of buying his own plot of land. Over the course of a year, director Alejandro Fernández Almendras captures a life of love and frustration as Alejandra’s condition worsens, and Daniel can do nothing but keep on struggling.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 22 August 2012
- Original title
- Sentados frente al fuego
- Country
- Chile, Germany
- Written by
- Alejandro Fernández Almendras
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By the Fire runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Who directed By the Fire?
By the Fire (2012) was directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras and stars Daniel Muñoz, Alejandra Yañez, Daniel Candia.