Emotions run high among a group of friends in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea as the parched forest...
Emotions run high among a group of friends in a holiday home by the Baltic Sea as the parched forest around them catches fire in this comedic drama from renowned filmmaker Christian Petzold (Phoenix).
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Sneaks up on you
Christian Petzold’s latest is a prickly idyll undulating with currents of desire, bitterness and unease as his protagonists navigate art, literature, longing, and tragedy along the Baltic coast. Like his best films, Afire, with its subtly delineated characters and elegant psychological acuity, sneaks up on you with a cumulative power.
91 %125 reviewsRotten Tomatoes® rating
72 %92 reviewsAudience score rating
"Wincingly well-observed and acidly funny..."
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Variety
Variety"Tonally wayward..."
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The Guardian
The Guardian"Deceptive simplicity makes way for illuminating depths."
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Hollywood Reporter
Hollywood Reporter"Arguably lighter Petzold than usual, but still bears the unmistakeable stamp of his intellectual and conceptual elegance."
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Screen Daily
Screen Daily"Petzold tries to take the air out of a pompous windbag, and more often than not succeeds to delightful and caustic effect."
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IndieWire
IndieWire"Much lighter and (more) outwardly entertaining than what we’ve come to expect from (Petzold)."
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Little White Lies
Little White Lies"(A) sensible study of unfulfilled love."
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Collider
Collider"Both elemental and grounded..."
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Indian Express
Indian Express"Begins as a hangout comedy... but gradually becomes a slow-motion conflagration that offers no easy answers."
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Slant Magazine
Slant MagazineAfire | Details
Award winner- Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize winner at Berlin Film Festival 2023.
- Rating
- 12A, infrequent strong language, moderate injury detail, threat, sex references
- Runtime
- 102
- Genre
- Comedy, Drama, Romance
- Country of origin
- Germany
