By the Fire

1h 35m

7

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.

Cast

Alejandra Yañez

Alejandra's Mother

Antonio Guajardo

Alejandra's Father

Cornelio Villagrán

Crew

Alejandro Fernández Almendras

Director, Screenplay, Editor

Jerónimo Rodríguez

Director of Photography

Pepa San Martín

First Assistant Director

Luis Ángel Ramírez

Executive Producer

Christoph Friedel

Executive Producer, Co-Producer

Eduardo Villalobos

Executive Producer, Production Designer, Other

Production Assistant

Raúl 'Lito' Salas

Dolly Grip, Focus Puller

Pamela Valenzuela

Post Production Coordinator

Wardrobe Master, Art Direction

Cristián Petit-Laurent

Second Unit Director of Photography

Second Unit First Assistant Director

Sound Designer, Sound Supervisor, Sound

Mauricio López

Dolby Consultant

Andrés Carrasco

Mauricio Castañeda

Magdalena Leturia

Video Assist Operator

Francisca Kelter

José Luis Torres Leiva