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AFIRE
September 22, 2023 - October 1, 2023
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A sad-sack writer with a severe case of writer’s block travels to a quiet summer home by the Baltic Sea, hoping to make some progress on his stalled novel (working title: “Club Sandwich”). Upon arrival, he discovers that the cottage has been double-booked. The unexpected house guests, including the enchanting Nadja, prove to be a distraction. As professional deadlines loom, emotional and romantic entanglements ensue. Meanwhile, distant fires on the horizon begin to threaten the home. Directed by Christian Petzold (Transit, Undine), Afire won the Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize at this year’s Berlin International Film Festival.
Germany ♦ 103 minutes ♦ presented with the support of the IU Department of Germanic Studies
The uncompromising work of a master. – The Playlist
Afire unfurls with all the page-turning seduction of a gripping novella. – The Film Stage
Seriousness does eventually descend on Afire like the check at the end of a meal, but until then the film, the latest feature from German filmmaker Christian Petzold, is a BEGUILINGLY FUNNY affair about getting in your own way. – Vulture
One of the most reliably interesting and surprising filmmakers working today, Christian Petzold makes sharp, visually intelligent, psychologically sophisticated movies. Spiky and at times mordantly funny, AFIRE IS A TONIC FOR MOVIEGOERS tired of nice, squishable, likable, relatable dull and dull characters. CRITIC’S PICK! — New York Times