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| Director: | Santi Trullenque | ||
| Language: | Catalan | ||
| Distributor: | Filmax | ||
| Cinematography: | Àlex Sans | ||
| Editing: | Marc Vendrell | ||
| Music: | Francesc Gener |
The Burning Cold (Catalan; Valencian: '''El fred que crema'''|links=no) is a 2022 Spanish-Andorran historical drama film directed by Santi Trullenque from a screenplay by Agustí Franch and Trullenque which stars Greta Fernández and Roger Casamajor.
Set in 1943 in Andorra against the backdrop of World War II, the plot follows a local couple (Sara and Antoni) facing a moral dilemma upon hiding Jews fleeing from the Nazis.[1]
The Burning Cold was produced by Films de l'Orient, Red Nose and Arlong Productions, and it had the participation of TVC and backing from ICEC and the Government of Andorra.[2] It was shot in Andorra and in the Pyrenees of the province of Lleida.[3]
The film was presented at the BCN Film Fest on 26 April 2022.[4] Distributed by Filmax, it was released theatrically in Spain on 20 January 2023.
Àlex Montoya of Fotogramas rated the film 3 out of 5 stars highlighting "the visceral tone and mise-en-scène, the powerful use of landscapes and the leading duo" while lamenting certain melodramatic turn of the plot.[5]
Toni Vall of Cinemanía rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be an "interesting debut, [a] story of war, helpless [people], good and evil".[6]
Beatriz Martínez of El Periódico de Catalunya rated the film 3 out of 5 stars, deeming it to be "a rough and unpleasant film, like that icy landscape that becomes one more character in the film".[7]
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