Movie: By the Fire

Top 8 Billed Cast

Daniel Muñoz
Daniel Muñoz

Daniel

Alejandra Yañez
Alejandra Yañez

Alejandra

Daniel Candia
Daniel Candia

Peón

Tichi Lobos
Tichi Lobos

Sussy

Clemira Aguayo
Clemira Aguayo

Alejandra's Mother

Antonio Guajardo
Antonio Guajardo

Alejandra's Father

Camilo Muñoz
Camilo Muñoz

Daniel's Son

Cornelio Villagrán
Cornelio Villagrán

Don Cornelio

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    Daniel and Alejandra, a working class couple in their late 30s, move to the countryside near the Andes Mountains to begin the next chapter of their life together. Alejandra is ill, and Daniel looks after her, his soul mate. He scratches out a living doing farm work, while dreaming of buying his own plot of land. Over the course of a year, director Alejandro Fernández Almendras captures a life of love and frustration as Alejandra’s condition worsens, and Daniel can do nothing but keep on struggling.

  • Release Date

    2012-08-22

  • Average

    7

  • Rating:

    3.5 starts
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  • Languages:

    Español

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