Fire Will Come (Galician: O que arde) is a 2019 Galician-language drama film directed by Oliver Laxe.[1] Filmed in the Serra dos Ancares area of Galicia, many of the cast were local people and not professional actors.
Plot
The story takes place in the Serra dos Ancares mountain range in the Galicianprovince of Lugo, in north west Spain. It tells the story of Amador Coro, who has recently been released from prison after a conviction for arson – he had started a fire in the thick forests that cover the local mountains. Returning to live with his mother Benedicta in her farm house, he lives an uneventful life, tending his mother's cows and avoiding unnecessary contact with other people. However, when a large forest fire devastates the area, tensions against him appear due to his arson conviction.
Fire Will Come has an approval rating of 90% on review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, based on 59 reviews, and an average rating of 7.6/10. The website's critical consensus states: "Deliberately paced yet richly rewarding, Fire Will Come slowly but surely draws the viewer into its unsettling grasp".[2]Metacritic assigned the film a weighted average score of 73 out of 100, based on 12 critics, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]
In 2019, Benedicta Sánchez was awarded the Castelao Medal by the President of the Regional Government of Galicia for her performance as the mother. The medal is awarded to those who promote Galician culture.[7]
