The Embers of Violence (1996)
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German title | The glow of violence |
Original title | Harvest of Fire |
Country of production | United States |
original language | English |
Publishing year | 1996 |
length | 99 minutes |
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Director | Arthur Allan Seidelman |
script |
Susan Nanus , Richard Alfieri |
music | Lee Holdridge |
camera | Neil Roach |
cut | Bert Glatstein |
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chronology | |
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The embers of violence is an American television film from the year 1996 .
action
In an Amish community in Iowa , several barns burn in succession in one night. A public prosecutor goes from the big city to investigate the case in the country, who, since she can not rule out Amish as a perpetrator, wants to live with them and to gain the trust of a widow and mother of two almost adult children. During her investigation, the investigator learns that the widow's daughter is meeting a boy whose father has been banned because of a barn construction that is forbidden in the community and that the son is having a relationship with a "flighty" girl from American society.
After extensive entanglements and another barn fire, the banned's son turns out to be the arsonist. Admonished by the public prosecutor, the boy reveals his crime on his knees to his Amish co-religionists and is finally driven to court in a carriage train.
In the subplot, the relationship between the public prosecutor and the Amish widow is thematized: The two become friends, but this friendship suffers a break due to the public prosecutor's secret knowledge of the children's forbidden friendships, which is cemented again towards the end.
Awards
The film won an Emmy Award for sound editing in 1996 and was nominated for an Emmy in another category. Lolita Davidovich was nominated for the 1997 Golden Satellite Award .
Web links
- The embers of violence in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The embers of violence at Rotten Tomatoes (English)