Blessed by Fire

Blessed by Fire

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Release Date

9/8/2005

Runtime

100 mins

Genres

Overview

A war veteran, haunted by the horrors of war and the experiences he shared with fellow soldiers drafted to the battlefront as an 18-year-old conscript, is forced to confront the memories of his past after a former comrade attempts suicide. 20 years after the war, he finally attempts to reconnect with his past to begin to heal his old wounds.

Status

Released

Original Language

Spanish

Budget

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Revenue

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Homepage

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A stark, unflinching examination of young conscripts caught in the brutality of the Falklands War, told through the perspective of soldiers grappling with impossible circumstances and psychological devastation. The film privileges the human cost of conflict over heroic narrative.

Mood

MelancholicBleakContemplativeTense

Themes

WarSurvivalIdentityComing of age

Tone

Bleak

Pacing

Slow-burn

Look

NaturalisticDocumentary-like

Structure

Linear

Heads up

Graphic violenceSuicide and self-harm

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