Cinema: “En plein feu”, or when fiction is overtaken by reality

A car drives through the Landes forest, against the direction of the firefighters. André Dussollier and Alex Lutz embody in “En plein feu” a father-son duo stuck in the traffic jam of those who evacuate. “I’m afraid of the elements natural, (…) in front of which we are very small and helpless”says André Dussollier.

“It’s almost our reality now”

A year after filming, reality catches up with fiction and the Landes find themselves in the grip of terrible fires. The area of ​​forest that served as the setting for the film burns. A premonitory film? For the director, it is rather a type of disaster that is becoming commonplace. “It’s almost our reality now, so it has to be fought, but also he must live with. And that’s what also interested me in putting these characters in the middle of this situation, which is going to happen again.”comments Quentin Reynaud. Alex Lutz plays Simon, a man bereaved by the death of one of his children. Wandering in the brazier, he seeks a way out of the inferno of flames, as one seeks to escape a devouring pain.