Iluminados por el fuego (2005)

Director:

Tristán Bauer

Writers:

Tristán Bauer
Edgardo Esteban
(more)

Release Date:

8 September 2005 (Argentina)

Genre:

Adventure | Drama | War

Plot:

The suicide of an old soldier buddy brings up some old memories for an Argentinian man.

Plot Keywords:

Argentina | Journalist | Hospital | Falkland Islands | Memory

Awards:

15 wins & 8 nominations

Cast

Gastón Pauls	...	Esteban Leguizamón
Pablo Riva	...	Alberto Vargas
César Albarracín	...	Juan Chamorro
Víctor Hugo Carrizo	...	Pizarro
Virginia Innocenti	...	Marta / Maria Vargas
Juan Leyrado
Arturo Bonín
Jon Lucas	...	Doblajes
Mario Chaparro
Tony Lestingi
Carlos Garmendia	...	Doblaje
Lautaro Delgado
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Miguel Oscar Acuna
Marcos Damian Alias
Gabriel Casal
Nestor Cordoba
Juan De Lima
Mauro Espinoza
Gabriel Fernandez
Guillermo Flores
Leonardo Mendietta
Claudio Pereyra
Ronald Reagan	...	Himself (archive footage)
Julio Roberto Rios
Tony Smith
René Soto
Margaret Thatcher	...	Herself (archive footage)
Damian Valdez
Esteban Vera
Eduardo Villalba

Directed by
Tristán Bauer

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Tristán Bauer
Miguel Bonasso
Edgardo Esteban
Gustavo Romero Borri

Produced by
Christian Blanco	....	assistant producer
Ana de Skalon	....	producer
Marta Parga	....	supervising producer
Carlos Ruta	....	producer

Original Music by
Federico Bonasso
León Gieco

Cinematography by
Javier Julia

Film Editing by
Alejandro Brodersohn

Production Design by
Graciela Fraguglia

Art Direction by
Graciela Fraguglia

Costume Design by
Julio Suárez

Makeup Department
Alex Mathews	....	special makeup effects artist
Carolina Oclander	....	assistant makeup artist
Paula Righi	....	makeup artist
Lucila Robirosa	....	makeup artist

Production Management
Lina C. Echeverri	....	post-production supervisor
Verónica Fiorito	....	production manager
Floppi Lunt	....	production manager

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Federico Cueva	....	second unit director
Juan Iribas	....	first assistant director
Hugo Lescano	....	assistant director
Manuel Mariano Silva	....	trainee assistant director (as Manuel Silva)

Art Department
Carina Luján	....	art department assistant

Sound Department
Federico Billordo	....	foley artist
Federico Billordo	....	production sound mixer
Julián Catz	....	boom operator
Martín Grignaschi	....	sound director
Martin Litmanovich	....	sound editor
David Mantecón	....	supervising sound editor
Patricio Muñoz Osorio	....	sound editor
Alfonso Pino	....	sound mixer
Fernando Ribero	....	sound editor
Fernando Ribero	....	sound effects editor
Ricardo Viñas	....	dolby sound consultant

Visual Effects by
Yusef El Khadir	....	3D operator
Juanjo González	....	CG artist
Claudio Güell	....	digital colorist

Camera and Electrical Department
Javier Arroyo	....	HD technician
Daniel Mendoza	....	digital imaging technician
Marcelo Sanchez	....	key grip

Other crew
Javier Colongo	....	production assistant
Federico Cueva	....	coordinator
Gustavo Guido	....	production assistant
Marcelo Martín	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Canal+ España
• Gobierno de la Provincia de San Luis
• Gobierno de la Provincia de Santa Cruz
• Instituto Nacional de Cine y Artes Audiovisuales (INCAA) (support)
• San Luis Cine
• Universidad Nacional de San Martín (UNSAM)

Distributors

• Distribution Company (2005) (Argentina) (theatrical)
• Koch Lorber Films (2007) (USA) (theatrical) (subtitled)
• Albarès Productions (2010) (France) (DVD)
• Amazonia Films (2006-2013) (Venezuela) (all media)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2006) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Califórnia Home Vídeo (2007) (Brazil) (DVD)
• Icestorm Entertainment (2008) (Germany) (DVD)
• Koch Lorber Films (2007) (USA) (DVD)
• MG Film (2006) (Croatia) (all media)

Special Effects

• Fx Stunt Team

Other Companies

• Fx Stunt Team  additional make-up effects

Also Known As:

"Blessed by Fire" - USA (festival title)

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Argentina | Spain

Language:

Spanish

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | New Zealand:R13 | Spain:13 | Australia:MA (TV rating)

Filming Locations:

Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina

Company:

Canal+ España

Trivia:

Leguizamón mentions that over 290 veterans had committed suicide after the war, and indicates that this is the same as the name number of casualties there during the war. Argentine casualties during the war totalled 649, of which 321 were killed when the General Belgrano was sunk. If Leguizamón was counting only the casualties on the Falklands themselves, his figure is roughly correct. Source: Wikipedia

Goofs:

Continuity: The sweat patterns on Leguizamón's jacket change in the two shots immediately after he leaves the infirmary.

Cruel and real

Iluminados Por El Fuego is a cruel and real story about a tragic war between Argentina and Great Britain, struggling for the Islas Malvinas in the South Atlantic. That was decided by Argentinean Military Government in 1982 in order to gain popularity among citizens trying to distract attention in a moment where Argentina was close to a civil war. Any strategic or tactic analysis of that tragic war will explain all the mistakes that put Argentina in disadvantage to win the war, but the movie itself shows the cruel reality that lived the 17 and 18 year old recruit soldiers, today still suffering war veterans. Iluminados Por El Fuego shows perfectly how the boys (because the were just boys) lived a war they didn't ask for, suffered a war they were not ready to face or fight, with almost no food, no weapons and no training. The movie shows how the boys of war became today's suffering veterans struggling to survive with no help, trying to live alone in a country that seems to be ignorant to the terrible reality they lived. Iluminados Por El Fuego is, 23 years after the war, the very first real important Movie about Malvinas War, a clear example of how human life can be so cheap.