Blessed by Fire


Blessed by Fire Spanish Iluminados por el fuego 2005 is an Argentine film about the Falklands War written and directed by Tristn Bauer. The film features Gastn Pauls, Pablo Ribba, Csar Albarracn and Hugo Carrizo among others. It is based on a book written by a veteran of the war.

A powerful Argentine antiwar film in the tradition of American Vietnam war films such as Full Metal Jacket and Coming Home, Blessed By Fire is the story of two young men who were sent to fight the 1982 war in the Falkland Islands or as they are known in Argentina, Las Malvinas and who return home bearing the brutal scars of war.Twenty years after the wars end, journalist Esteban Leguizamn Gastn Pauls is informed that Alberto Vargas Pablo Ribba, one of the men he served with, has attempted suicide after suffering from years of depression brought on by his experiences in the war. Esteban visits the comatose Vargas at the hospital, and in a series of extended flashbacks, revisits the scene of Argentinas unwinnable war. ........

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