ALL THE FIRES (TODOS LOS INCENDIOS), 2023
Mexico | DCP, Color, 96’ | Spanish
Director: Mauricio Calderón Rico
Cast:Ximena Ayala, Antonio Fortier, Iliana Donatlán
Mexican director Mauricio Calderón Rico’s debut feature filmis a sensitive coming-of-age story. Bruno is an adolescent boy who, has had a fondness formatches, lighting fires and watching them burn to the end since since his early boyhood. Missing his father who has died two years ago, and troubled by his mother's relationship with another man, Bruno shoots pyromania videos in open space with his friend Ian, building a large fan base on social media, and even starting a new online relationship with a young girl named Daniela. One day, he sets out to visit Daniela, who lives in another city. On this journey, he will face his loss, and his search for identity.
This film can be viewed on November 25, 13.00 & December 3, 13.00.
Istanbul Modern Cinema brings a selection of 10 films from the Locarno Film Festival, one of the oldest film festivals in the world, to Istanbul for the first time.