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Blessed by Fire is a film of genre Drama released in USA on 21 february 2007
Blessed by Fire (2005)
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Add to a movie listReleased in USA 21 february 2007
Length 1h40
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Seafaring films, Films about suicide, Transport films, Political films, Buddy films
Rating66%
Blessed by Fire (Spanish: Iluminados por el fuego) (2005) is an Argentine film about the Falklands War written and directed by Tristán Bauer. The film features Gastón Pauls, Pablo Ribba, César Albarracín and Hugo Carrizo among others. It is based on a book written by a veteran of the war.
The film was nominated for 22 awards and won 14 of them.
Synopsis
A powerful Argentine anti-war film in the tradition of American Vietnam war films such as Full Metal Jacket and Coming Home, Blessed By Fire is the story of two young men who were sent to fight the 1982 war in the Falkland Islands (or as they are known in Argentina, Las Malvinas) and who return home bearing the brutal scars of war.Comments
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