Fuego (2014 film)

Fuego
Fuego
	Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Luis Marías
Screenplay by	Luis Marías
Produced by	Gerardo Herrero; Javier López Blanco; Luis Marías; Ramon Vidal;
Starring	José Coronado; Aida Folch; Leyre Berrocal; Montse Mostaza; Jaime Adalid; Gorka Zufiaurre;
Cinematography	Pau Monràs
Edited by	Ainara López Bermejo
Music by	Aritz Villodas
Production; companies	Tornasol Films; Historias del Tío Luis; Fausto Producciones;
Distributed by	Syldavia Cinema
Release dates	22 November 2014 (FICXixón); 28 November 2014 (Spain);
Country	Spain
Languages	Spanish; Basque;

Fuego is a 2014 Spanish thriller film directed by Luis Marías and starring José Coronado, Aida Folch, and Leyre Berrocal.

Plot[edit]

11 years after surviving an ETA car bomb attack that killed his wife and left his 10-year-old daughter Alba mutilated, hateful former cop Carlos (now living in Barcelona and working in the security sector) only thinks about vengeance.^[1]^[2]

Cast[edit]

José Coronado as Carlos^[2]
Aida Folch as Alba^[2]
Leyre Berrocal [eu] as Ohiana^[2]
Montse Mostaza [ca] as Marina^[2]
Gorka Zufiaurre as Aritz^[2]
Jaime Adalid as Mariusz^[2]

Production[edit]

The film is a Tornasol Films, Historias del Tío Luis, and Fausto Producciones production, and it had the collaboration of TVC and EiTB, and backing from ICAA, the Basque Government, and Ayuntamiento de Bilbao.^[2] It was shot in Spanish and Basque.^[3] Shooting locations included Barcelona, Bilbao, Lekeitio, Bermeo, Gatika, and Gorliz.^[4]^[5]

Release[edit]

The film was presented at the 52nd Gijón International Film Festival (FICXixón) on 22 November 2014.^[6] Distributed by Syldavia Cinema,^[5] it was released theatrically in Spain on 28 November 2014.^[7]

Reception[edit]

Javier Ocaña of El País deemed the film "a challenging and very courageous attempt that, nevertheless, is shipwrecked both by a lack of complexity and by narrative and technical imbalances".^[8]

Manuel Piñón of Cinemanía rated the film 1 out of 5 stars, claiming that "at least a spiritual retreat is due for Marías so he can reexamine the innumerable errors of his film".^[7]

References[edit]

^ "Fuego (2014)". Fotogramas. 17 September 2014.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ""Fuego", l'última producció de Luis Marías". TV3. 9 July 2014 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.
^ Rivera, Alfonso (25 November 2014). "Fuego: heridas abiertas". Cineuropa.
^ "Estreno en televisión de 'Fuego', hoy, en 'La Noche de…'". EiTB. 27 January 2015.
^ ^a ^b "'Fuego' – estreno en cines 28 de noviembre". Audiovisual451. 26 November 2014.
^ "Luis Marías presenta en Gijón su película 'Fuego'". Diario Vasco. Grupo Vocento. 23 November 2014.
^ ^a ^b Piñón, Manuel (1 December 2014). "Fuego". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.
^ Ocaña, Javier (27 November 2014). "Yo soy la justicia". El País.

[1] "Fuego (2014)". Fotogramas. 17 September 2014.

[ccma-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ""Fuego", l'última producció de Luis Marías". TV3. 9 July 2014 – via Corporació Catalana de Mitjans Audiovisuals.

[cineuropa-3] Rivera, Alfonso (25 November 2014). "Fuego: heridas abiertas". Cineuropa.

[4] "Estreno en televisión de 'Fuego', hoy, en 'La Noche de…'". EiTB. 27 January 2015.

[a451-5] "'Fuego' – estreno en cines 28 de noviembre". Audiovisual451. 26 November 2014.

[6] "Luis Marías presenta en Gijón su película 'Fuego'". Diario Vasco. Grupo Vocento. 23 November 2014.

[pinnon-7] Piñón, Manuel (1 December 2014). "Fuego". Cinemanía – via 20minutos.es.

[8] Ocaña, Javier (27 November 2014). "Yo soy la justicia". El País.

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