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Who by Fire

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Jeff is invited by his friend Max to travel deep in the woods and stay at the isolated estate of acclaimed director Blake Cadieux. He has high expectations for the trip: Cadieux is an artist he greatly admires -- plus Aliocha, Max's older sister, with whom he is secretly in love, is also coming. The untouched and hostile forest and the director's huge cabin become the territory where the youthful search for ideals and freedom confronts the wounded egos of the adults.

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Ryan Swen Slant Magazine One of Who by Fire’s greatest assets is Philippe Lesage’s willingness to shift the tenor of the film to fit the wildly divergent narrative concerns of any given sequence. Rated: 3/4 Oct 8, 2024 Full Review Monica Castillo RogerEbert.com Despite its unassuming scenario, Lesage orchestrates these various storylines like a conductor, slowly bringing each story into a solo before unleashing their collective sounds in a symphony. Oct 5, 2024 Full Review Guy Lodge Variety Lesage underlines his ability to carve a semblance of a horror movie from everyday domestic drama — confirming him as a filmmaker of considerable grace and daring. Mar 25, 2024 Full Review Frank J. Avella The Contending The filmmaker creates a taut, sinister and claustrophobic atmosphere, not just in the cabin where most of the narrative takes place, but even when characters are on a mountain top or going down the rapids in canoes... Rated: B Dec 19, 2024 Full Review Stephen Silver The SS Ben Hecht It’s a well-crafted film, with Lesage’s camera gorgeously photographing the Quebec woods, although the running time is a bit long-winded, at 161 minutes. Oct 27, 2024 Full Review Tom O'Brien Next Best Picture Yet so much of “Who By Fire” works precisely because Lesage imbues his characters with the kind of enormous vitality that keeps us invested in their fate. Rated: 7/10 Oct 14, 2024 Full Review Read all reviews

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Synopsis Jeff is invited by his friend Max to travel deep in the woods and stay at the isolated estate of acclaimed director Blake Cadieux. He has high expectations for the trip: Cadieux is an artist he greatly admires -- plus Aliocha, Max's older sister, with whom he is secretly in love, is also coming. The untouched and hostile forest and the director's huge cabin become the territory where the youthful search for ideals and freedom confronts the wounded egos of the adults.
Director
Philippe Lesage
Producer
Galilé Marion-Gauvin
Screenwriter
Philippe Lesage
Production Co
L'Unité Centrale, Shellac Sud
Genre
Drama
Original Language
Canadian French
Runtime
2h 41m