Film

By the Fire

2012 · 1h 35m · Drama

IMDb

5.9

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.

Daniel Muñoz

Daniel

Alejandra Yañez

Alejandra

Daniel Candia

Peón

Tichi Lobos

Sussy

Clemira Aguayo

Alejandra's Mother

Antonio Guajardo

Alejandra's Father

Camilo Muñoz

Daniel's Son

Cornelio Villagrán

Don Cornelio

• Alejandro Fernández AlmendrasDirector · Editor · Screenplay
• Christoph FriedelExecutive Producer
• Luis Ángel RamírezExecutive Producer
• Eduardo VillalobosExecutive Producer
• Inti BrionesDirector of Photography
• Jerónimo RodríguezEditor
• Paula LeonciniCasting

Release date

August 22, 2012

Status

Released

Original language

Spanish

Runtime

1h 35m

Genres

Drama