Salt and Fire
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| Directed by | Werner Herzog |
| Produced by |
Michael Benaroya Pablo Cruz Werner Herzog Nina Maag |
| Screenplay by | Werner Herzog |
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Aral by Tom Bissell |
| Starring |
Michael Shannon Veronica Ferres Gael García Bernal |
| Music by | Ernst Reijseger |
| Cinematography | Peter Zeitlinger |
| Edited by | Joe Bini |
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| Distributed by | XLrator Media |
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98 minutes |
| Country | United States Germany France |
| Language | English Spanish |
Salt and Fire is a 2016 internationally co-produced thriller film directed by Werner Herzog. It had its premiere at the Shanghai International Film Festival. It was selected to be screened in the Special Presentations section at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival.
Two ecologists (played by Veronica Ferres and Gael Garcia Bernal) are sent to South America as part of a U.N. investigation into an ecological disaster. They are quickly kidnapped by the villainous CEO (played by Michael Shannon) of a large company held responsible for the ecological disaster. But when a supervolcano nearby begins to show signs of erupting, they must unite to avoid a disaster.
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