The Fire (2015)
★★★ — The Fire (2015)
Juan Schnitman's debut feature arrived as part of a particularly fertile period for Argentine independent cinema, a national film culture that had been producing internationally recognised low-budget work since the late 1990s and into the 2010s. Shot with the modest resources typical of the Buenos Aires indie scene, the film was produced through BD Cine and PASTO, both small local outfits with experience backing character-driven, dialogue-heavy work. The premise, a couple holding a large sum of cash overnight before a property purchase, is essentially a pressure-cooker device, keeping the action confined and the running time tight at 95 minutes. Pilar Gamboa, one of the more reliably watchable actors working in Argentine film at the time, leads alongside Juan Barberini and Marcelo D'Andrea.
A-Z World Movie Tour Argentina Wow. If you've ever been in a bad relationship... you will FEEL this movie. From the premise I was expecting some double crossing, crime or thievery involvement the $100k but what actually happened was 24 hours in the lives of a couple who should definitely not be together The acting is amazing. You feel every scene. The chemistry between the leads is palpable. The scripting is fantastic. Something I also noticed that I really thought was special was the long, and I mean reaaally long scenes. This wasn't a quick editing job. There was sometimes minute long scenes which must have been tough on the actors. The story itself IS a little lacking. Not much actually happens. It's just a 24 hour arguement. But it's executed so well that you can forgive that, although it does knock it down slightly. The other thing is the unsatisfying ending. With movies it's either escape from reality or reflection of real life but this was SUCH a reflection of real life that it did leave a somewhat sour taste for the ending. 4* is fair.
Rating: ★★★ | Year: 2015 | Watched: 2025-05-24
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