One month after Magnolia Pictures released director Prano Bailey-Bond's feature debut Censor (watch it HERE), Bailey-Bond has set up her second feature, Things We Lost in the Fire. This has nothing to do with the 2007 movie titled Things We Lost in the Fire, instead this is an adaptation of a short story written by Argentine journalist and novelist Mariana Enriquez. The novel featuring the story can be found at THIS LINK.
Bailey-Bond is writing the screenplay for the film with Anthony Fletcher, her Censor co-writer. The duo also collaborated on multiple short films in the past. Things We Lost in the Fire will show what happens when
a terrorised female community resorts to ever more extreme actions in response to male violence. The story marries elements of horror and feminism in a subversive commentary on the modern day beauty myth; a dark vision of a society where women take back control of their image in the most drastic manner imaginable.
The description of Enriquez's short story reveals how extreme the actions get:
To protest a viral form of domestic violence, a group of women set themselves on fire.
The film is being produced by RT Features' Rodrigo Teixeira and Lourenco Sant'Anna. Alan Terpins serves as executive producer.
Bailey-Bond had this to say about Things We Lost in the Fire:
This is an incredibly provocative and relevant story with a ferocious energy at its heart. It’s an honour to adapt this story for the screen. RT Features have produced some of the most exciting cinema of recent years, working with many of my filmmaking heroes. I’m beyond thrilled to be working with them on this truly exciting project."
Teixeira added:
We’ve controlled this property for some time now and the fact that Prano reached out to us about it means a lot. She’s incredibly talented, and Censor is a hell of a first feature. We couldn’t be more excited to partner with Prano and Anthony to develop this script based on Mariana Enriquez’s powerful short story."
It sounds like Things We Lost in the Fire could be quite disturbing, but I haven't read Enriquez's story or watched Censor yet, so I'm a bit out of the loop. Our own Chris Bumbray gave Censor an 8/10 review. I'm going to have to check it out soon.