After years in prison for arson, Amador is released and returns to his home village in the Galician mountains. He moves back in with his mother Benedicta, an elderly, taciturn woman, with whom he leads a quiet life full of hardship. His return does not go unnoticed: the village community treats him with suspicion, and unspoken accusations hang in the air. The film observes Amador's everyday life in a landscape marked by structural change, where people, animals, and nature exist in a fragile balance. Silence replaces dialogue, and glances and gestures convey the tension. The camera lingers on routines, work, and waiting—and on an environment that seems as threatened as it is threatening. When devastating forest fires ravage the region, Amador once again becomes a suspect and a projection screen for collective fear. FIRE WILL COME refrains from assigning clear blame and shifts the focus from individual responsibility to social exclusion, ecological destruction, and the violence that arises from fear and prejudice. With hypnotic imagery and documentary rigor, Oliver Laxe creates an archaic, deeply physical cinematic experience. FIRE WILL COME premiered in 2019 in the Un Certain Regard competition at the Cannes International Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize. The film is considered a key work of contemporary European auteur cinema and a highlight of Laxe's filmmaking career.
Keywords
- Cannes: Un Certain Regard
- Cine-Short: 90 Minutes of cinema
- Festival de Cannes
- Festival de Cannes - Tax Shelter
- International Film Festival Rotterdam
- Lëtzebuerger Filmpräis
Actors
- Arias Amador
- Benedicta Sanchez
Director
- Oliver Laxe
Drama
1h 26min
SPANISH
ENGLISH
FRENCH
The strange loner Amador was blamed for a devastating forest fire. After serving his prison sentence, he is now no longer welcome in his village.
The strange loner Amador was blamed for a devastating forest fire. After serving his prison sentence, he is now no longer welcome in his village.
After years in prison for arson, Amador is released and returns to his home village in the Galician mountains. He moves back in with his mother Benedicta, an elderly, taciturn woman, with whom he leads a quiet life full of hardship. His return does not go unnoticed: the village community treats him with suspicion, and unspoken accusations hang in the air.
The film observes Amador's everyday life in a landscape marked by structural change, where people, animals, and nature exist in a fragile balance. Silence replaces dialogue, and glances and gestures convey the tension. The camera lingers on routines, work, and waiting—and on an environment that seems as threatened as it is threatening.
When devastating forest fires ravage the region, Amador once again becomes a suspect and a projection screen for collective fear. FIRE WILL COME refrains from assigning clear blame and shifts the focus from individual responsibility to social exclusion, ecological destruction, and the violence that arises from fear and prejudice.
With hypnotic imagery and documentary rigor, Oliver Laxe creates an archaic, deeply physical cinematic experience. FIRE WILL COME premiered in 2019 in the Un Certain Regard competition at the Cannes International Film Festival and was awarded the Jury Prize. The film is considered a key work of contemporary European auteur cinema and a highlight of Laxe's filmmaking career.
Festivals
Cast & Crew
Director
Oliver Laxe
Cast
Arias Amador
Cast
Benedicta Sanchez