I LIT THE FIRE

Why must you see it?

A poetic and playful perspective finds, in childhood, a way to approach a story that could well be the director’s own. The film establishes a delicate dialogue with its protagonist and, through an almost ethereal black-and-white aesthetic, creates a dreamlike texture. The subtle, precise sound design expands this universe with layers of laughter, play, nature, and wind, while the mother’s voice—emanating from elsewhere—introduces the harshness of a reality lurking in the background. It is a film that relies on the sensitivity of its form to bring together memory, childhood, and that which is difficult to name.

Andrea Guzmán