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  • 2017
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 7 m
  • 2017
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 7 m

Summary The National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico is a site of festivity unlike any other in the world. In celebration of San Juan de Dios, patron saint of firework makers, conflagrant revelry engulfs the town for ten days. Artisans show off their technical virtuosity, up­and-comers create their own rowdy, lo­fi combustibles, and doz...

Directed By: Viktor Jakovleski

  • 2017
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 7 m
  • 2017
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 7 m

Brimstone & Glory

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Summary The National Pyrotechnic Festival in Tultepec, Mexico is a site of festivity unlike any other in the world. In celebration of San Juan de Dios, patron saint of firework makers, conflagrant revelry engulfs the town for ten days. Artisans show off their technical virtuosity, up­and-comers create their own rowdy, lo­fi combustibles, and doz...

Directed By: Viktor Jakovleski

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Metascore
Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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Generally Favorable Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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83
Nov 20, 2017
Structured like a fireworks display, with only a handful of small reprieves throughout, Brimstone & Glory naturally builds to a marvelous grand finale.
By David Ehrlich FULL REVIEW
80
Nov 22, 2017
Brimstone & Glory, in a lean 67 minutes of cinematic poetry, bears that love out in dizzying extremes.
By Emily Yoshida FULL REVIEW
80
Oct 26, 2017
These people accept the consequences of living like there's no tomorrow. They stand awaiting their fate in a rain of fire. And now we can feel a little bit of that, too.
By April Wolfe FULL REVIEW
70
Oct 26, 2017
“Brimstone” is less successful as it edges toward an impressionistic immersion into fire and fiesta, but as you-are-there experiences go, it has energy to burn.
By Robert Abele FULL REVIEW
70
May 11, 2017
Mixing sheer spectacle with modest but pleasing human-interest threads, Viktor Jakovleski’s first directorial feature is a poetical, entrancing documentary.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
63
Nov 18, 2017
Through its energy and inherent beauty, Brimstone & Glory hits concurrent notes of peril and bliss, but even at a scant 67 minutes it can seem a bit aimless and scattershot.
By Christopher Gray FULL REVIEW
50
Nov 21, 2017
The film, accompanied by a percussive score from Benh Zeitlin and Dan Romer (both wrote the music for “Beasts of the Southern Wild,” which Mr. Zeitlin directed), has a wandering attention span and grows monotonous even at barely more than one hour.
By Ben Kenigsberg FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Department of Motion Pictures, Cinereach, Court 13 Pictures
Release Date Oct 27, 2017
Duration 1 h 7 m
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Website https://www.brimstoneandglory.com/
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Awards

Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 4 Nominations
Austin Fantastic Fest
• 2 Wins & 2 Nominations
San Francisco Film Critics Circle
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations

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