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Salt and Fire

2016 · 98 min

A slow, unsettling plunge into ecological guilt and human frailty, with stark landscapes and a lingering sense of unease.

Directed by: Werner Herzog
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Veronica Ferres, Michael Shannon, Gael García Bernal

Tagline: Sometimes redemption is out of reach
Overview: A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.

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Directed by: Werner Herzog
Genres: Drama, Thriller
Starring: Veronica Ferres, Michael Shannon, Gael García Bernal

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
eeriestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: environment
guilt
isolation
redemption
power
Places: wilderness
single country house
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	2
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	6
Romance	1
Tension	5
Darkness	6
Complexity	7
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, thriller
Directed by: Werner Herzog
Written by: Werner Herzog
Starring: Veronica Ferres, Michael Shannon, Gael García Bernal, Volker Michalowski, Lawrence Krauss, Anita Briem, Danner Ignacio Márquez Arancibia, Gabriel Márquez Arancibia
Music: Ernst Reijseger, Ilan Eshkeri
Cinematography: Peter Zeitlinger
Runtime: 98 min
Country: Bolivia, France, Germany, Mexico, United States of America
Languages: Spanish, English

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