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- 2007
- Koch Lorber Films
- 1 h 40 m
- 2007
- Koch Lorber Films
- 1 h 40 m
Summary An Argentinian military drama in the tradition of "Full Metal Jacket" and "Coming Home," Blessed By Fire is the story of two young men sent to fight the 1982 war in the Falkland Islands (or as they are known in Argentina, the Malvinas) who return home bearing the brutal scars of war.
Directed By: Tristán Bauer
- 2007
- Koch Lorber Films
- 1 h 40 m
- 2007
- Koch Lorber Films
- 1 h 40 m
Iluminados por el fuego
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Summary An Argentinian military drama in the tradition of "Full Metal Jacket" and "Coming Home," Blessed By Fire is the story of two young men sent to fight the 1982 war in the Falkland Islands (or as they are known in Argentina, the Malvinas) who return home bearing the brutal scars of war.
Directed By: Tristán Bauer
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
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60% Positive
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 5 Critic Reviews
61
60% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
40% Mixed
2 Reviews
2 Reviews
0% Negative
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The morbid and gripping war film Blessed by Fire, from the Argentine filmmaker Tristán Bauer, is well worth a look.
Blessed by Fire, a bitter remembrance of the Falklands War in 1982, captures battlefield chaos and confusion with a visceral force you won't forget.
The battlefield sequences unfold with surreal horror, while the human bonding in the foxholes emerges tenderly. On the downside, Bauer - who makes no pretense about where his heart lies - tacks on a melodramatic coda that lessens the momentum of an otherwise praiseworthy film.
A watchable if none-too-penetrating analysis of the traumatizing effects of a war largely forgotten.
Tristán Bauer's new war movie has an even more bitterly ironic title in Spanish: "Iluminados por El Fuego" or "Enlightened by Fire."
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Production Company
Canal+ España,
Gobierno de la Provincia de San Luis,
Gobierno de la Provincia de Santa Cruz,
Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA),
San Luis Cine,
Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)
Release Date Mar 21, 2007
Duration 1 h 40 m
Awards
Argentinean Film Critics Association Awards
• 4 Wins & 11 Nominations
Havana Film Festival
• 4 Wins & 4 Nominations
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
