Hirschfield International Film Series: Who by Fire
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Dana Auditorium (Sunderland Language Center)356 College Street
Middlebury, VT 05753 View in Campus Map
Open to the Public

Director Philippe Lesage in attendance, Q and A to follow the screening.
Who by Fire
Canada, 2024
Directed by Philippe Lesage
A “beautiful, unusual coming of age story” (Guy Lodge, Variety) this ensemble character drama is both subtle and shocking in a most understated way. Set during a weekend at a remote vacation cabin in Quebec, the slow - but searingly - developing story follows a group of people connected as friends and family: a father and his teenage daughter, her brother, his aspiring filmmaker friend, the father’s filmmaking collaborator and some of their friends. Their getaway is anything but relaxed or carefree - buried anger, frustrations, resentment and desires will erupt whenever the conversation or the vacation rituals expose a seam that’s ready to burst. A collection of virtuoso performances and a bold, unforgiving mise-en-scene make for a cinematic tour de force. This is uncompromising cinema, the kind that we don’t often get to see nowadays.
Dana Auditorium, screening at 7pm, pizza and popcorn at 6:30pm. Raffle for Middlebury students.
- Sponsored by:
- Film & Media Culture
Contact Organizer
Engvall, Caroline
cengvall@middlebury.edu