Alpine Fire

Alpine Fire

a story of love without bonds.

Directed by Fredi M. Murer

Produced by Walter Schnoch, Langfilm

1985120 min6.7 / 10

A stark, intimate portrait of forbidden desire and isolation on an Alpine farm, where family bonds fracture under the weight of transgression and social constraint.

A year on an Alpine farm: an older couple have two children, Belli, who wanted to be a teacher, and the younger Franzi, deaf, and although he works like a man, child-like. Belli teaches him. In his work, he can become frustrated, so when he throws an expensive mower over a cliff in a fit of pique, his father banishes him to the outskirts of the farm, where he uses pubescent energy to break rocks and build walls and cairns. (It's the tradition of the father's family, called "The Irascibles" by neighbors, to spend puberty doing this.) Belli visits him and they begin sleeping together. By winter, the boy is back in the house and Belli is pregnant. Soon her parents must know.

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Questions people ask

  • Is Alpine Fire sad? Yes. More sad than 88% of films.

  • Does Alpine Fire end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 80% of films.

  • Is Alpine Fire scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 67% of films.

  • Is Alpine Fire easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 61% of films.

  • Is Alpine Fire violent? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

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52/ 100

Cinnamon Score

How much this film gives you that nothing else will, and whether it delivers.

Familiar shape, done well.

Rarity51

How unlike any other film this one feels

Surprise50

How much more it delivers than it promises

Love55

How much audiences actually like it

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Same territory, far fewer people have seen it.

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