Fresh
Mehta's larger goal -- demystifying India -- is powerfully, unsettlingly realized.
Tom Keogh, Film.com
Fire
Beneath the surface lies a burning secret.
1997 · 1h 48m · PG-13
Drama, Romance
Directed by
Deepa Mehta
Free account saves your watchlist and ratings.
Fire
Overview
In a barren, arranged marriage to an amateur swami who seeks enlightenment through celibacy, Radha's life takes an irresistible turn when her beautiful young sister-in-law seeks to free herself from the confines of her own loveless marriage.
Director and cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
89%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Speaks tellingly about individual freedom for women versus social expectations and arranged marriages.
Peter Stack, San Francisco Chronicle
Fresh
The film has a seductive resonance.
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Fresh
Fire may be a film, but its story of frustrated desires, love-starved women and the stifling bonds of tradition makes it resemble one of those fat best-selling novels that can fill a summer day at the beach with hours of undemanding pleasure.
Lawrence Van Gelder, New York Times
Fresh
Mehta's direction of her unusually intimate film is delicate. The acting is notably good, especially from Azmi.
Jeff Millar, Houston Chronicle
More films
The Death of Empedocles (1987)
Drama · N/A
Film adaptation by Straub and Huillet of Hölderlin’s 1798 tragedy on the symbolic death of Empedocles, the legislator in Ancient Greece.
- Runtime
- 2h 12m
- Director
- Jean-Marie Straub, Danièle Huillet
- Cast
- Andreas von Rauch, Vladimir Baratta, Martina Baratta
IMDb
6.4
Mary from Beijing (1992)
Drama · Romance · N/A
Ma Lei which sounds like "Mary" is a Chinese citizen, living in Hong Kong as the kept woman of a jeweler. She wishes for two things: to get her Hong Kong Identity Card, which will enable her to get work as a legal immigrant; and to marry her boyfriend.
- Runtime
- 1h 37m
- Director
- Sylvia Chang
- Cast
- Gong Li, Kenny Bee, Wilson Lam Chun-Yin
IMDb
6.6
The Other ½ & the Other ½ (1988)
Drama · N/A
Clara Law's debut feature deals with her common theme of emigration as two people, man and woman, from separate couples, have to room together while their spouses are in America to finalize the Canadian citizenship process.
- Runtime
- 1h 33m
- Director
- Clara Law
- Cast
- Tien Niu, Zulian Kam Kwok-Leung, Eric Tsang Chi-Wai
IMDb
5.9
Firefly (2001)
Drama · N/A
Emotionally withdrawn strip club dancer Ayako has never recovered from her mother's suicide when she was young. She begins a relationship with patient potter Daiji, but leaves him behind when she quits her job and returns to her home town after a 10 year absence.
- Runtime
- 2h 44m
- Director
- Naomi Kawase
- Cast
- Yuko Nakamura, Toshiya Nagasawa, Miyako Yamaguchi
IMDb
7.2
The Circle (2014)
Documentary · Drama · N/A
A young teacher in Zurich in the 1950s falls in love with a transvestite star but is torn between his bourgeois existence and his commitment to homosexuality. He joins a gay organization that is eventually seen as the pioneer of gay emancipation in Europe.
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Director
- Stefan Haupt
- Cast
- Matthias Hungerbühler, Sven Schelker, Babett Arens
IMDb
7.3
Rotten Tomatoes
100%
Metacritic
67
The Four Robinsons (1939)
Comedy · N/A
Four friends pretend a cruise to escape their wives and go clubbing, but they are forced to go through face-saving shipwreck, becoming castaways.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Antonio Vico, Mary Santpere, Fernando Rey
IMDb
5.8
La mantilla de Beatriz (1946)
Drama · Romance · N/A
In XVII century Portugal two friends change identities so one of them can escape an unwanted marriage to Beatriz.
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Director
- Eduardo García Maroto
- Cast
- Virgílio Teixeira, Margarita Andrey, María Isbert
Comments
Talk about the film with other members