Undine
director Christian Petzold and actress Paula Beer reteam once
again for Afire, in which Beer plays one of four young people who gather at a holiday home
on the Northern Germany coast. As a forest fire rages nearby, so too does
the quartet get hot and bothered.
The film also stars Thomas Schubert, Langston Uibel, Enno Trebs and Matthias Brandt.
Afire will premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on February
22nd.
Check out the trailer below.
The official synopsis reads:
Leon and Felix’s plan was to spend the summer together in a holiday home on the Baltic coast. They wanted to be there as friends but also to work – one on his second book, the other assembling his art portfolio. But Nadja and Devid are also there, and they bring lots of positive vibes with them. Four young people experimenting with love, even though this does not come easy to Leon. His unfinished manuscript haunts him wherever he goes, whether he is at the summerhouse or the beach. The others’ good mood often causes his to plummet. A visit from his publisher is imminent. But, as the latter arrives in his nifty small car, the forest begins to blaze. It rains ash, the sky turns red, and a relationship-drama that merges physical intensity and artistic sublimation takes a turn into a new dimension.
