Afire
Film details
| Film Title | Afire |
|---|---|
| Suitability | |
| Genre | |
| Length | 102mins |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | Germany |
| Director | Christian Petzold |
| Actors | Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs, Matthias Brandt |
| Language | German |
| AKA | Roter Himmel |
| Showings |
A seaside vacation takes an unexpected turn when Leon and Felix show up at Felix’s family’s holiday home to discover Nadja, a mysterious woman, already there. As an ever-encroaching forest fire threatens their well-being, relationships are tested and romances are kindled.
Like all of Petzold’s recent pictures, “Afire” draws you in confidently and prepares its knockout emotional punch with scrupulousness and a vivid sense of surprise.
★★★★
Afire builds a story that begins as a hangout comedy with a sad-sack at its center but gradually becomes a slow-motion conflagration that offers no easy answers.
★★★★
