Afire (2023)

Original title

Roter Himmel

Directed by

Christian Petzold

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 42m

Rated

NR

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 255 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Four people share a holiday home on the Baltic Sea. Their relationships grow strained as a nearby wildfire threatens the landscape.

tensemelancholicslow-burnnaturalisticsubtleintrospectiveatmosphericuneasy

What happens

Afire (German: Roter Himmel, lit. 'Red Sky') is a 2023 German drama film directed by Christian Petzold, starring Thomas Schubert, Paula Beer, Langston Uibel and Enno Trebs. The relationship drama focuses on four people sharing a holiday home on the Baltic Sea. The film won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at the 73rd Berlin International Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on 22 February 2023. It was released theatrically in Germany on 20 April 2023. In August 2023, it was shortlisted as the German submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film for the 96th Academy Awards. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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