By the Fire
Overview
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
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
