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Fuego (2014 film)
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| Directed by | Luis Marías |
| Screenplay by | Luis Marías |
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| Cinematography | Pau Monràs |
| Edited by | Ainara López Bermejo |
| Music by | Aritz Villodas |
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| Distributed by | Syldavia Cinema |
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| Country | Spain |
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Fuego is a 2014 Spanish thriller film directed by Luis Marías and starring José Coronado, Aida Folch, and Leyre Berrocal.
Plot
[edit]11 years after surviving an ETA car bomb attack that killed his wife and left his 10-year-old daughter Alba mutilated, hateful former cop Carlos (now living in Barcelona and working in the security sector) only thinks about vengeance.[1][2]
Cast
[edit]- José Coronado as Carlos[2]
- Aida Folch as Alba[2]
- Leyre Berrocal as Ohiana[2]
- Montse Mostaza as Marina[2]
- Gorka Zufiaurre as Aritz[2]
- Jaime Adalid as Mariusz[2]
Production
[edit]The film is a Tornasol Films, Historias del Tío Luis, and Fausto Producciones production, and it had the collaboration of TVC and EiTB, and backing from ICAA, the Basque Government, and Ayuntamiento de Bilbao.[2] It was shot in Spanish and Basque.[3] Shooting locations included Barcelona, Bilbao, Lekeitio, Bermeo, Gatika, and Gorliz.[4][5]
Release
[edit]The film was presented at the 52nd Gijón International Film Festival (FICXixón) on 22 November 2014.[6] Distributed by Syldavia Cinema,[5] it was released theatrically in Spain on 28 November 2014.[7]
Reception
[edit]Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the film "a challenging and very courageous attempt that, nevertheless, is shipwrecked both by a lack of complexity and by narrative and technical imbalances".[8]
Manuel Piñón of Cinemanía justified the only star out of 5 he give to the film, because "at least a spiritual retreat is due for Marías so he can reexamine the innumerable errors of his film".[7]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Fuego (2014)". Fotogramas. 17 September 2014.
- ^ a b c d e f g h ""Fuego", l'última producció de Luis Marías". TV3. 9 July 2014 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
- ^ Rivera, Alfonso (25 November 2014). "Fuego: heridas abiertas". Cineuropa.
- ^ "Estreno en televisión de 'Fuego', hoy, en 'La Noche de…'". EiTB. 27 January 2015.
- ^ a b "'Fuego' – estreno en cines 28 de noviembre". Audiovisual451. 26 November 2014.
- ^ "Luis Marías presenta en Gijón su película 'Fuego'". Diario Vasco. Grupo Vocento. 23 November 2014.
- ^ a b Piñón, Manuel (1 December 2014). "Fuego". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
- ^ Ocaña, Javier (27 November 2014). "Yo soy la justicia". El País.
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