Quest for Fire (1981)

Original title

La Guerre du feu

Directed by

Jean-Jacques Annaud

Genre

drama film, fantasy film

Country

France, Canada

Runtime

1h 45m

Rated

R

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 582 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Eighty thousand years ago, a tribe of early humans loses its fire source in a battle. Three tribesmen travel across a dangerous prehistoric landscape to find a new flame while encountering other hominid species.

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What happens

Quest for Fire (French: La Guerre du feu) is a 1981 science fantasy adventure film set in the Paleolithic era, directed by Jean-Jacques Annaud, written by Gérard Brach and starring Everett McGill, Ron Perlman, Nameer El-Kadi and Rae Dawn Chong. The Canadian-French co-production is a film adaptation of the 1911 Belgian novel The Quest for Fire by J.-H. Rosny. The story is set "80,000 years ago", with a plot concerning the struggle for control of fire by early humans and their encounters with different hominid species. The film was critically acclaimed. It won the Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Makeup, and the César Awards for Best Film and Best Director. At the 4th Genie Awards, the film was nominated in seven categories and won in five (Best Actress, Best Costume Design, Best Editing, Best Sound Editing, Best Overall Sound). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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