Movie

By the Fire (2012)

• August 22, 2012
• 1h 35m

• Drama

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.

Director

Alejandro Fernández Almendras

Writers

Alejandro Fernández Almendras

Starring

Daniel Muñoz, Alejandra Yañez, Daniel Candia