While the Fire Lasts (1979)

Original title

Mientras Arde el Fuego

Directed by

Julio Roberto Peña

Genre

drama film

Country

Colombia

Runtime

1h 40m

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

Two poor farmworkers get poisoned by chemicals they used on their crops. The local political and medical authorities refuse to help them.

slow-burnbleaktensemelancholicgroundedearnestquietly angry

What happens

Mientras arde el fuego es una película dramática colombiana de 1979 dirigida y escrita por Julio Roberto Peña y protagonizada por Guillermo del Romero, Mireya Sánchez, Carlos Bello, Xiomara Navarro y Jorge Mario Abadía. Narra la historia de dos humildes campesinos que resultan intoxicados por los químicos con los que fumigaban sus cultivos y que sufren de la total indiferencia de las autoridades políticas y médicas del pueblo.​​ (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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