By the Fire

Program Running Time 95 min.

Films in Program

(Sentados frente al fuego)
(Chile, 2011, 95 mins, DCP)

Abandoning the infinite promise of the city for the hardscrabble reality of rural Chile, Daniel and Alejandra find their relationship threatened by illness and ill fortune. In turn, this beautifully observed film sees writer-director Alejandro Fernández Almendras displaying a remarkable gift for "unearthing the transcendental hidden within the everyday."—Variety