06/02/2024 - The new film by Canada's Philippe Lesage, director of The Demons and Genesis, explores how the youthful search for ideals confronts the wounded egos of the adults

Paul Ahmarani, Sophie Desmarais, Aurélia Arandi-Longpré, Noah Parker, Antoine Marchand-Gagnon and Arieh Worthalter in Who by Fire

Jeff is invited by his friend Max to travel deep in the woods and stay at the isolated estate of acclaimed director Blake Cadieux. He has high expectations for the trip: Cadieux is an artist he greatly admires – plus Aliocha, Max’s older sister, with whom he is secretly in love, is also coming. The untouched and hostile forest and the director’s huge cabin become the territory where the youthful search for ideals and freedom confronts the wounded egos of the adults.

This is the synopsis of Who by Fire [+see also:
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film profile], the new feature by Canadian director Philippe Lesage, which has been selected for the Generation 14plus section of the 74th Berlinale, which will unspool from 15 to 25 February.

The filmmaker returns after the successes of his previous films, which include The Demons, which world-premiered in competition at the 2015 San Sebastián International Film Festival, and Genesis, which world-premiered in competition at the 2018 Locarno Film Festival and went on to win awards such as the Golden Spike for Best Film and the Silver Spike for Best Director at Valladolid's Seminci.

Who by Fire is produced by Galilé Marion-Gauvin for Canada's Unité Centrale, with co-production by France's Shellac Sud. Belgium's Be for Films is handling international sales.

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(Translated from Spanish)