Glowing Embers
2014, Spanish. Directed by Mary Jiménez Freeman-Morris & Bénédicte Liénard.
On the banks of the Ucayali river, in the Peruvian rainforest, three generations of the same family struggle to survive through their handmade production of coal. After an accident that burned her feet, the grandmother leaves the family, with the hope of dying somewhere else, far away from the coal. Left alone with her juvenile son, Nancy keeps on struggling. Will she be able to hold her family together?
- Runtime
- 1h 25m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 13 October 2014
- Original title
- Sobre las brasas
- Country
- Belgium, Peru
- Written by
- Bénédicte Liénard, Mary Jiménez Freeman-Morris
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Glowing Embers runs 85 minutes (1h 25m).
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Glowing Embers isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 13 October 2014. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like Glowing Embers?
If you liked Glowing Embers, try To Kill a Tiger, Come See Me in the Good Light, Ex Libris: The New York Public Library.
Who directed Glowing Embers?
Glowing Embers (2014) was directed by Mary Jiménez Freeman-Morris and Bénédicte Liénard.