
Who by Fire

Seventeen-year-old Jeff stays at film director Blake Cadieux's wilderness lodge after being invited by friend Max's family. When strange events occur, Jeff suspects something is amiss with the director and his retreat.
Seventeen-year-old Jeff stays at film director Blake Cadieux's wilderness lodge after being invited by friend Max's family. When strange events occur, Jeff suspects something is amiss with the director and his retreat.
[Berlinale '24] Interestingly, the focus on the young characters is the one that finds the most imbalances in their development throughout this story, which contains some powerful sequences in which the forest becomes a hostile environment, which at the same time time reflects the very tensions of this particular meeting. The film has some imbalances that prevent it from becoming a transcendent story, but it conveys that feeling of unrest and discomfort that some meetings can lead to, although it takes too much time to develop its approach.
[Berlinale '24] Interestingly, the focus on the young characters is the one that finds the most imbalances in their development throughout this story, which contains some powerful sequences in which the forest becomes a hostile environment, which at the same time time reflects the very tensions of this particular meeting. The film has some imbalances that prevent it from becoming a transcendent story, but it conveys that feeling of unrest and discomfort that some meetings can lead to, although it takes too much time to develop its approach.