By the Fire

Story

Synopsis

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.

Director

Alejandro Fernández Almendras

Writers

Alejandro Fernández Almendras

Language

Spanish; Castilian

Country

Chile, Germany

Release date

22 August 2012

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Daniel Muñoz

  Daniel

• Alejandra Yañez

  Alejandra

• 

  Daniel Candia

  Peón

• Tichi Lobos

  Sussy

• Clemira Aguayo

  Alejandra's Mother

• Antonio Guajardo

  Alejandra's Father

• Camilo Muñoz

  Daniel's Son

• Cornelio Villagrán

  Don Cornelio