By the Fire (Sentados frente al fuego) 10 years old

Daniel and Alejandra, a working class couple in their late 30s, move to the countryside near the Andes Mountains to begin the next chapter of their life together. Alejandra is ill, and Daniel looks after her, his soul mate. He scratches out a living doing farm work, while dreaming of buying his own plot of land. Over the course of a year, director Alejandro Fernández Almendras captures a life of love and frustration as Alejandra’s condition worsens, and Daniel can do nothing but keep on struggling.

Credits

By the Fire Cast

Name	Character
Daniel Muñoz He was 16, now 27 years old	as Daniel
Alejandra Yañez	as Alejandra

By the Fire Crew

Name	Department
Alejandro Fernández Almendras as Director. He was 41 (now 52) years old	Directing
Alejandro Fernández Almendras as Editor. He was 41 (now 52) years old	Editing
Alejandro Fernández Almendras as Screenplay. He was 41 (now 52) years old	Writing