O que arde

A wonderful poignant movie with a loud and clear message that is so relevant in today's age. It portrays the simple but traumatic life of Amador and his mother. Cinematography is just breathtaking ...

It's a slow moving movie from beginning to end. And it doesn't have much of an ending.

Its familiar slow cinema/rural drama aesthetic without adding something new curb Fire Will Come to be more than just... okay. Still a decent watching with some profound message tho.

This was a dreary effort posturing itself as some sort of artistic work but in reality it has little substance and most people will just find it a bit boring.

Coupled with that, there is no resolving of the main characters guilt or not and leaves it up tot he viewer to work it out but in this case it just falls a bit flat.

I've heard somewhere than only a local story can be truly universal, well, this is absolutely rooted in Galicia and it's as complete a portrait as can be, from rain to sun, beauty, calmness, wisdom, loneliness and everything in between, every movement has a true resonance. It subtly ranks the region's alleged common enemies with a deep understanding: tourism, eucalyptus, fire and, ultimately, people.

To someone knowing the region this might even be redundant but there's more to it than the hipnotic flow of nature and things. It's an excellent film.