Review of Afire (2023) by Jonathan Romney for Screen Daily — 24 Feb 2023
While, on one level, it seems to belong to international cinema’s increasingly prevalent strain of climate catastrophe dramas, on another it’s a brittle character piece, a comedy of social embarrassment with a dark and ultimately tragic undertow.
Until, that is, a coda ties it off in another register entirely.
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This review of Afire (2023) was written by Jonathan Romney and published by Screen Daily on 24 Feb 2023.
Afire has generally received very positive reviews.
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