By the Fire (2013)

  • NR
  • 08/22/2013 (CL)
  • Drama
  • 1h 35m

Overview

Daniel and Alejandra, a working class couple in their late 30s, move to the countryside near the Andes Mountains to begin the next chapter of their life together. Alejandra is ill, and Daniel looks after her, his soul mate. He scratches out a living doing farm work, while dreaming of buying his own plot of land. Over the course of a year, director Alejandro Fernández Almendras captures a life of love and frustration as Alejandra’s condition worsens, and Daniel can do nothing but keep on struggling.

Alejandro Fernández Almendras

Screenplay, Director

Cast

Daniel Muñoz's headshot

Daniel Muñoz

Daniel
Alejandra Yañez's headshot

Alejandra Yañez

Alejandra
Daniel Candia's headshot

Daniel Candia

Peón
Tichi Lobos's headshot

Tichi Lobos

Sussy
Clemira Aguayo's headshot

Clemira Aguayo

Alejandra's Mother
Antonio Guajardo's headshot

Antonio Guajardo

Alejandra's Father
Camilo Muñoz's headshot

Camilo Muñoz

Daniel's Son
Cornelio Villagrán's headshot

Cornelio Villagrán

Don Cornelio

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