Storyline: Iluminados por el fuego 2005 Blessed By Fire is the story of two young men sent to fight the 1982 war in the Falkland Islands or as they are known in Argentina, the Malvinas who return home bearing the brutal scars of war Twenty years after the wars end, journalist Esteban Leguizamon is informed that Alberto Vargas, one of the men he served with, has attempted to commit suicide after suffering from years of depression brought on by his experiences in the war Esteban visits the comatose Vargas at the hospital, and in a series of extended flashbacks, revisits the scene of Argentinas unwinnable war Esteban and fellow soldiers Vargas and Juan are living in foxholes on the remote, windswept Falklands, battling hunger, boredom, abuse, and the deprivations of war as they await the arrival of British forces A series of harrowing battle scenes with British forces ensue, and the Argentines realize the futility and violence of their mission Theyre cannon fodder, overwhelmed, outnumbered, pawns in a futile political game Back in the present, Esteban returns to the Falklands to come to terms with himself and the past These emotional final scenes were shot on location in the Falkalnds, the first Argentinean film to do so, and as Esteban looks over the still off limits battlefields filled with mines, live ammunition, and rusting military equipment, the futility of war is abundantly clear Controversial in its homeland and politically relevant in the U S, Blessed By Fire is a moving tribute to the veterans of all wars and the psychological burdens they bear
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