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Afire
MEANRANK
75/100
Every rating
Mostly agreed
Lowest is Trakt on 68, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 91. Critics average 86, everyone else 71.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young writer travels with a friend to a quiet holiday home by the Baltic Sea, hoping to find the solitude needed to finish his novel. His rigid routine and self-absorption are disrupted by the presence of a vivacious young woman staying nearby. As a forest fire encroaches on the area, tensions and attractions simmer among the group, forcing the writer to confront his own emotional detachment and the world outside his manuscript.
Details
- Director
- Christian Petzold
- Writer
- Christian Petzold
- Studio
- Schramm Film, ZDF, ARTE
- Released
- 20 April 2023
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Runtime
- 103 min
- Rated
- NR
- Box office
- $2.1M
- Awards
- 1 win, 3 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 4 →1 major award won · 1 win from 4 nominations across 3 ceremonies
| Berlin International Film Festival 2023 | Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize | Christian Petzold | Winner |
| Berlin International Film Festival 2023 | Golden Bear | Christian Petzold | Nominee |
| European Film Awards 2023 | Best European Actor | Thomas Schubert | Nominee |
| Sydney Film Festival 2023 | Best Film | Afire | Nominee |
Awards from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA.
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Trailer — Afire
×Full cast — Afire
×4 awards — Afire
×| Silver Bear Grand Jury Prize | Christian Petzold | Winner |
| Golden Bear | Christian Petzold | Nominee |
| Best European Actor | Thomas Schubert | Nominee |
| Best Film | Afire | Nominee |