2018 · drama
Through the Fire
Directed by Frédéric Tellier1h 56m2018
Franck is a firefighter in Paris. He saves people. He lives at the station with his wife, who is about to have twins. He’s happy. During a call out to a fire, he puts himself in danger, to save his men. He’s going to have to learn to live again and accept to be the one being saved, this time.
Our read: Through the Fire (2018) reads as a sombre, steady, grounded drama entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, steady, measured drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured.
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