By the Fire

By the Fire

2012 · 95 min · ★ 7.0 · Drama

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.

Directed by Alejandro Fernández Almendras · Written by Alejandro Fernández Almendras

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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

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