Almost baroque in its ambition and detail, Akerman and Seabra Lopes’ mesmerising short film delves deeply into the hard-wired dread of music lessons. Sewn around Schubert’s steely Opus 1, which is itself based on the no less terrifying legend of Goethe's Erlkönig, their film is a revelation.
- Directors
- Miguel Seabra Lopes, Karen Akerman
- Country of production
- Portugal
- Year
- 2011
- Festival Edition
- IFFR 2012
- Length
- 23'
- Medium
- HDcam
- International title
- Fire
- Languages
- Portuguese, German
- Producers
- Terratreme Filmes, João Matos, Joana Gusmão
- Sales
- Terratreme Filmes
- Screenplay
- Miguel Seabra Lopes, Karen Akerman
- Editor
- Karen Akerman
- Website
- http://www.terratreme.pt