RQuest for Fire

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IMDB (24,979 votes)

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500M
500M
Play Time: 100 mins
Adventure, Drama
Quest for Fire

Overview:
In the prehistoric world, a Cro-Magnon tribe depends on an ever-burning source of fire, which eventually extinguishes. Lacking the knowledge to start a new fire, the tribe sends three warriors on a quest for more. With the tribe's future at stake, the warriors make their way across a treacherous landscape full of hostile tribes and monstrous beasts. On their journey, they encounter Ika, a woman who has the knowledge they seek.

Original Title:La Guerre du feu
Status: Released (1981-12-16)
Awards:Won 1 Oscar. 11 wins & 8 nominations total
BoxOffice:$20,959,585
Screen:GĂ©rard Brach, J.H. Rosny Sr.
Productions: Belstar Productions, Stéphan Films, International Cinema Corporation (ICC), Ciné Trail, Gruskoff Film Organization, Royal Bank of Canada, Famous Players Limited, 20th Century Fox
Production Countries: Canada, France
Spoken Languages: No Language
Quest for Fire
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Reviews

CinemaSerf

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Without even a bar from "Thus Spake Zarathustra", Jean-Jacques Annaud takes us on some brutal and authentic time travel back to caveman days. That's where we encounter three warriors who are violently dispossessed of their home (and their fire) and find themselves at the mercy of the ....

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Wuchak

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**_A well-done fantastical portrayal of early humans_** After a tribe of cave-dwelling homo sapiens in prehistory are attacked by neanderthals, three members of the group (Everett McGill, Ron Perlman and Nicholas Kadi) leave to apprehend fire, since they don’t know how to create i ....

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