Fuego (2014 film)

2014 Spanish film

Fuego

Theatrical release poster

Directed by| Luis Marías
Screenplay by| Luis Marías
Produced by|

* Gerardo Herrero
* Javier López Blanco
* Luis Marías
* Ramon Vidal

Starring|

* José Coronado
* Aida Folch
* Leyre Berrocal
* Montse Mostaza
* Jaime Adalid
* Gorka Zufiaurre

Cinematography| Pau Monràs
Edited by| Ainara López Bermejo
Music by| Aritz Villodas

Production
companies

* Tornasol Films
* Historias del Tío Luis
* Fausto Producciones

Distributed by| Syldavia Cinema

Release dates

* 22 November 2014 (2014-11-22) (FICXixón)
* 28 November 2014 (2014-11-28) (Spain)

Country| Spain
Languages|

* Spanish
* Basque

Fuego is a 2014 Spanish thriller film directed by Luis Marías and starring José Coronado, Aida Folch, and Leyre Berrocal.

## Plot

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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

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* José Coronado as Carlos[2]
* Aida Folch as Alba[2]
* Leyre Berrocal [eu] as Ohiana[2]
* Montse Mostaza [ca] as Marina[2]
* Gorka Zufiaurre as Aritz[2]
* Jaime Adalid as Mariusz[2]

## Production

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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

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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

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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

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* List of Spanish films of 2014

## References

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1. ^ "Fuego (2014)". Fotogramas. 17 September 2014.
2. ^ 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.
3. ^ Rivera, Alfonso (25 November 2014). "Fuego: heridas abiertas". Cineuropa.
4. ^ "Estreno en televisión de 'Fuego', hoy, en 'La Noche de…'". EiTB. 27 January 2015.
5. ^ a b "'Fuego' – estreno en cines 28 de noviembre". Audiovisual451. 26 November 2014.
6. ^ "Luis Marías presenta en Gijón su película 'Fuego'". Diario Vasco. Grupo Vocento. 23 November 2014.
7. ^ a b Piñón, Manuel (1 December 2014). "Fuego". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
8. ^ Ocaña, Javier (27 November 2014). "Yo soy la justicia". El País.