Fire

Life in the African country of Mali in the 1990s is vividly highlighted in this mild drama In the story a young forest ranger who sees that his work holds the key to the future of his country through reforestation is disgusted at the shortsighted moneygrubbing ways of his superiors He has a much better relationship with local villagers than with his agencys bosses As the movie opens the villagers are preparing to hold a hunting ceremony but are not sure whether they will do it the old fashioned way with a bonfire or will obey a government decree that open fires are too dangerous There is a lot of sexual teasing between the villagers including some harmless horseplay For instance when a man whispers another womans name in his sleep his wife pours water into his ear in revenge