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Those Who Feel the Fire Burning

Those Who Feel the Fire Burning

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  • Netherlands,
  • Greece,
  • Italy
  • 2014
  • · 74m

Director Morgan Knibbe
Genre Documentary

When a group of refugees tries to enter Europe illegally by boat, a storm suddenly appears, causing chaos when an old man falls overboard. Transported into a dark, hallucinatory place, his soul is carried away to observe the hopeless reality of castaway refugees at the border of Europe, their alleged paradise.

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90

Los Angeles Times by Michael Rechtshaffen

Employing a restless, constantly moving camera and deliberately isolating soundscapes, the meditative and often mesmerizing film confronts the global issue of swelling immigration in the face of steely bureaucratic indifference with a disarming grace and palpable humanity.

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The New York Times by Ben Kenigsberg

The immersive style is always fascinating. But it also seems uneasily suited to the material.