Fire Will Come

Director: Oliver Laxe

2019 / 86min / DCP

Filmed in and around the village in Galicia’s Serra dos Ancares mountains where the director’s grandparents were born, Fire Will Come is the story of Amador (Amador Arias), a convicted firebug who, having finished serving out a prison sentence for arson, has come home to live with his mother, Benedicta (Benedicta Sanchez, like Arias, a nonprofessional actor), his awkward attempts to acclimate himself to life on the outside complicated when an out-of-control blaze devastates the countryside and already-suspicious neighbors’ tongues commence to wagging. A contemplative film about everyday life as lived in a place where the majesty of nature is a constant, unavoidable fact, regarding with reverent awe both the lush landscapes of the “Green Spain” of the northwest and the tongues of flame that threaten to consume it.

Distributor: KimStim

Introduction by director Oliver Laxe on Friday, December, 5th