Fuego (2014 film)

Fuego
Fuego
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Luis Marías
Screenplay by	Luis Marías
Produced by	Gerardo Herrero; Javier López Blanco; Luis Marías; Ramon Vidal;
Starring	José Coronado; Aida Folch; Leyre Berrocal; Montse Mostaza; Jaime Adalid; Gorka Zufiaurre;
Cinematography	Pau Monràs
Edited by	Ainara López Bermejo
Music by	Aritz Villodas
Production; companies	Tornasol Films; Historias del Tío Luis; Fausto Producciones;
Distributed by	Syldavia Cinema
Release dates	22 November 2014 (FICXixón); 28 November 2014 (Spain);
Country	Spain
Languages	Spanish; Basque;

Fuego is a 2014 Spanish thriller film directed by Luis Marías and starring José Coronado, Aida Folch, and Leyre Berrocal.

Plot

11 years after surviving an ETA car bomb attack that killed his wife and left his 10-year-old daughter Alba mutilated, hateful former cop Carlos (now living in Barcelona and working in the security sector) only thinks about vengeance.^[1]^[2]

Cast

José Coronado as Carlos^[2]
Aida Folch as Alba^[2]
Leyre Berrocal [eu] as Ohiana^[2]
Montse Mostaza [ca] as Marina^[2]
Gorka Zufiaurre as Aritz^[2]
Jaime Adalid as Mariusz^[2]

Production

The film is a Tornasol Films, Historias del Tío Luis, and Fausto Producciones production, and it had the collaboration of TVC and EiTB, and backing from ICAA, the Basque Government, and Ayuntamiento de Bilbao.^[2] It was shot in Spanish and Basque.^[3] Shooting locations included Barcelona, Bilbao, Lekeitio, Bermeo, Gatika, and Gorliz.^[4]^[5]

Release

The film was presented at the 52nd Gijón International Film Festival (FICXixón) on 22 November 2014.^[6] Distributed by Syldavia Cinema,^[5] it was released theatrically in Spain on 28 November 2014.^[7]

Reception

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the film "a challenging and very courageous attempt that, nevertheless, is shipwrecked both by a lack of complexity and by narrative and technical imbalances".^[8]

Manuel Piñón of Cinemanía justified the only star out of 5 he give to the film, because "at least a spiritual retreat is due for Marías so he can reexamine the innumerable errors of his film".^[7]

References

^ "Fuego (2014)". Fotogramas. 17 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ""Fuego", l'última producció de Luis Marías". TV3. 9 July 2014 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
^ Rivera, Alfonso (25 November 2014). "Fuego: heridas abiertas". Cineuropa.
^ "Estreno en televisión de 'Fuego', hoy, en 'La Noche de…'". EiTB. 27 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "'Fuego' – estreno en cines 28 de noviembre". Audiovisual451. 26 November 2014.
^ "Luis Marías presenta en Gijón su película 'Fuego'". Diario Vasco. Grupo Vocento. 23 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b Piñón, Manuel (1 December 2014). "Fuego". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
^ Ocaña, Javier (27 November 2014). "Yo soy la justicia". El País.

[1] "Fuego (2014)". Fotogramas. 17 September 2014.

[ccma-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ""Fuego", l'última producció de Luis Marías". TV3. 9 July 2014 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.

[cineuropa-3] Rivera, Alfonso (25 November 2014). "Fuego: heridas abiertas". Cineuropa.

[4] "Estreno en televisión de 'Fuego', hoy, en 'La Noche de…'". EiTB. 27 January 2015.

[a451-5] "'Fuego' – estreno en cines 28 de noviembre". Audiovisual451. 26 November 2014.

[6] "Luis Marías presenta en Gijón su película 'Fuego'". Diario Vasco. Grupo Vocento. 23 November 2014.

[pinnon-7] Piñón, Manuel (1 December 2014). "Fuego". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.

[8] Ocaña, Javier (27 November 2014). "Yo soy la justicia". El País.

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