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Salt and Fire

  • 20162016
  • 1h 38m
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
2.8K
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Veronica Ferres, Gael García Bernal, and Michael Shannon in Salt and Fire (2016)
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A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.A scientist blames the head of a large company for an ecological disaster in South America. But when a volcano begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.
IMDb RATING
4.2/10
2.8K
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POPULARITY
22,373
2,088
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    • Director
      • Werner Herzog
    • Writers
      • Werner Herzog
      • Tom Bissell(short story: Aral)
    • Stars
      • Veronica Ferres
      • Michael Shannon
      • Gael García Bernal
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Werner Herzog
    • Writers
      • Werner Herzog
      • Tom Bissell(short story: Aral)
    • Stars
      • Veronica Ferres
      • Michael Shannon
      • Gael García Bernal
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 50User reviews
    • 58Critic reviews
    • 44Metascore
    • Awards
      • 3 nominations

    Videos2

    Salt and Fire
    Trailer 1:34
    Salt and Fire
    SALT AND FIRE Official Trailer
    Trailer 1:36
    SALT AND FIRE Official Trailer

    Photos11

    Veronica Ferres, Gael García Bernal, and Volker Michalowski in Salt and Fire (2016)
    Veronica Ferres and Michael Shannon in Salt and Fire (2016)
    Veronica Ferres, Danner Ignacio Márquez Arancibia, and Gabriel Márquez Arancibia in Salt and Fire (2016)
    Werner Herzog and Veronica Ferres at an event for Salt and Fire (2016)
    Werner Herzog, Veronica Ferres, and Michael Shannon at an event for Salt and Fire (2016)
    Salt and Fire (2016)
    Salt and Fire (2016)
    Veronica Ferres and Michael Shannon in Salt and Fire (2016)
    Werner Herzog, Veronica Ferres, Gael García Bernal, Nina Maag, and Volker Michalowski at an event for Salt and Fire (2016)
    Veronica Ferres, Gael García Bernal, and Michael Shannon in Salt and Fire (2016)

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    Veronica Ferres
    Veronica Ferres
    • Laura Sommerfeld
    Michael Shannon
    Michael Shannon
    • Matt Riley
    Gael García Bernal
    Gael García Bernal
    • Dr. Fabio Cavani
    Volker Michalowski
    Volker Michalowski
    • Dr. Arnold Meier
    • (as Volker Zack Michalowski)
    Lawrence Krauss
    Lawrence Krauss
    • Aristidis…
    Anita Briem
    Anita Briem
    • Flight Attendant
    Danner Ignacio Márquez Arancibia
    • Huascar
    Gabriel Márquez Arancibia
    • Atahualpa
    Lilly Krug
    Lilly Krug
    • Passenger
    Werner Herzog
    Werner Herzog
    • Man with One Story
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Werner Herzog
    • Writers
      • Werner Herzog
      • Tom Bissell(short story: Aral)
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    • Trivia
      Werner Herzog: One of the passengers on the plane near the beginning of the film.
    • Connections
      Featured in Starfilm (2017)
    • Soundtracks
      A Una Rosa (Voche 'E Notte Antica)
      Music by Ernst Reijseger and Ensemble

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    Top review
    A Real Misfire for Herzog
    Salt and Fire (2016)

    * 1/2 (out of 4)

    Three scientists are on their way to give a report to the United Nations when they are taken hostage. Laura (Veronica Ferres) is the main focus as one of the kidnappers (Michael Shannon) wants to make sure she realizes what a greedy company can do to people and their environment.

    Werner Herzog is one of the most fascinating filmmakers to ever grace film buffs yet there's no question that something went horribly wrong with this picture. Herzog has a brilliant mind and probably a mind that is a lot more intelligent than the majority of the people who watch his films yet for the life of me I don't know what he was trying to do with this picture. He wrote the screenplay so I'm sure he was trying to get some sort of message across about ruining the world that we live in but it comes as a pretty epic fail.

    SALT AND FIRE is a very weird film and a very bad one at times. Again, I'm sure Herzog had something in mind but sadly it just didn't come to life on the screen and the end result is a rather boring and flat film. It starts off as a hostage/thriller type of picture yet there's never any suspense and for the life of me I can't even see where the director even attempted to build any. I'm really not sure what the entire point of this opening kidnapping was if you weren't going for some sort of suspense.

    Things don't get much better once the lead scientist and her taker begin to form a strange relationship. Again, what the point of this was is rather confusing because it just doesn't play out in the picture. We then get another set up with the woman out in a salt field with two blind children. I think these sequences are the most interesting in the film and I'm sure something great could have been done with this alone but it just wasn't to be. Even these scenes are full of bad moments where there's just no pay off or anything of real interest.

    Both Ferres and Shannon are good in their roles but there's just so much any great actor can do with mediocre parts. The film does features a rather nice and unique music score and I'd argue that the cinematography was very good as well. The film was shot in Boliva and we've got some terrific visuals to look at but sadly just about everything else is flat. SALT AND FIRE is a real misfire from a legendary director who usually delivers much better.
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    • Apr 19, 2017

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    • Release date
      • April 7, 2017 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Germany
      • France
      • Mexico
      • Bolivia
      • United States
    • Languages
      • English
      • German
      • Quechua
      • Spanish
    • Also known as
      • Tuz ve Ateş
    • Filming locations
      • Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia
    • Production companies
      • Skellig Rock
      • Construction Film
      • Benaroya Pictures
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    • Gross worldwide
      • $23,888
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 38 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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