By the Fire

By the Fire — Plot

Daniel and Alejandra, a working class couple in their late 30s, move to the countryside near the Andes Mountains to begin the next chapter of their life together. Alejandra is ill, and Daniel looks after her, his soul mate. He scratches out a living doing farm work, while dreaming of buying his own plot of land. Over the course of a year, director Alejandro Fernández Almendras captures a life of love and frustration as Alejandra’s condition worsens, and Daniel can do nothing but keep on struggling.

• Release date
• August 22, 2012
• Runtime
• 95 min
• Genres
• Drama
• Director
• Alejandro Fernández Almendras

By the Fire — Cast

Daniel Muñoz Daniel

A

Alejandra Yañez Alejandra Daniel Candia Peón

T

Tichi Lobos Sussy

C

Clemira Aguayo Alejandra's Mother

A

Antonio Guajardo Alejandra's Father

C

Camilo Muñoz Daniel's Son

C

Cornelio Villagrán Don Cornelio