THIS summer, France recorded more wildfires than ever before, with over 62,000 hectares destroyed by 20 August. Since January, the area hit by wildfires in France is 7.5 times greater than the annual average of the 15 years up to 2021, with one huge fire near Bordeaux forcing 10,000 residents to flee. The Blaze (En Plein Feu), a French film that debuted at the London Film Festival earlier this month, is clearly a case of art imitating life. Directed by Quentin Reynaud and starring André Dussollier as Joseph, and Alex Lutz as his son, Simon, it focuses on how the pair try to escape the ever increasing threat of a wildfire, overcoming many obstacles as they make their way to the coast.
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