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Through the Fire

2018 · 116 min

An earnest, emotionally heavy drama that puts you inside a hero's painful recovery, mixing tender moments with the tension of a life forever changed.

Overview
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.

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Tone
  • earneststrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • trauma
  • healing
  • identity
  • family
  • survival
Places
  • big city
  • hospital
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex mild
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action4
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight8

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Frédéric Tellier
Written by
Frédéric Tellier, David Oelhoffen
Starring
Pierre Niney, Anaïs Demoustier, Vincent Rottiers, Chloé Stefani, Sami Bouajila, Damien Bonnard, Élisabeth Commelin, Amélie Bénady
Music
Frédéric Tellier, Christophe La Pinta
Cinematography
Renaud Chassaing
Runtime
116 min
Country
France
Languages
French

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