Carla and Marco lead somewhat parallel lives, albeit in different ways. Both suffer from bipolar disorder. Both channel especially their manic periods into art in both being poets, Carla published. Both decide unilaterally to go off their medication in wanting to feel instead of being in a numb state. Both have parents in their lives - Marco only his father - who love them and want them to be well, although their parents have a different view of what is best for them than the... (Full plot summary below)
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Carla and Marco lead somewhat parallel lives, albeit in different ways. Both suffer from bipolar disorder. Both channel especially their manic periods into art in both being poets, Carla published. Both decide unilaterally to go off their medication in wanting to feel instead of being in a numb state. Both have parents in their lives - Marco only his father - who love them and want them to be well, although their parents have a different view of what is best for them than they do. And both have an obsessive focus on an orb - Carla the sun, Marco the moon - although part of the obsession for both is the light associated with it. Where they differ is that Carla wants to discover more about her illness in being told when she was diagnosed in her early adulthood that there was some sort of trigger in her life, what that issue was she doesn't know, while Marco sees his being as who he inherently is, which he believes is someone not of this Earth. Although they come into the situation in a different manner, they meet when they are both admitted to the same psychiatric hospital under the care of Dr. Strinsky. Their initial antagonism for each other ends up being an intellectual challenge for both leading to them feeding off each other as they fall in love. As their want to feed off each other is in that manic state, they may face the challenge not only of Dr. Strinsky and their parents not seeing their relationship as a healthy one, but whether they themselves can sustain a relationship with each other in such a state, especially in needing to have some sense of responsibility for each other.
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| New York TimesStephen HoldenTouched With Fire is an actor’s field day, and both Mr. Kirby and Ms. Holmes boldly meet the challenge of playing bright, high-strung artists struggling with depression. |
| Daily Journal (Kankakee, IL)Pamela Powell"Touched with Fire" is a powerful and bright light of insight into Bipolar Disorder telling a captivatingly beautiful love story of strength and determination as two people find the right path for their lives. |
| Deadline Hollywood DailyPete HammondThe film is not just as a wrenching study of two people afflicted with a mental illness but also as a heartbreaking, but ultimately impossible, love story. |
| Cleveland Plain DealerJoanna ConnorsDalio steers the film away from the movie clichés that romanticize the condition. |
| One Guy's OpinionFrank SwietekWhatever misgivings one might harbor about 'Touched With Fire,' the film...provides a thoughtful take on a provocative subject. |
| Your Movies (cleveland.com)John UrbancichThis is a movie that belongs to the two leads, not to mention the more than five million Americans whose manic moods are embraced here instead of ignored. |
| The Seattle TimesMoira MacdonaldYou leave Touched with Fire wishing there were a little more to it — the screenplay needed to flesh out Carla and Marco a bit more as people, rather than Bipolar Poets in Love — but undeniably moved. |
| Entertainment WeeklyLeah GreenblattTouched With Fire has something to say about a thorny, serious subject, but the light it shines doesn’t really illuminate anything new. |
| Georgia StraightKen EisnerSadly, this Fire burns out before it can leave any lasting marks. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Rich SmithAdd Touched with Fire to the Burn Pile of Terrible Movies About Writers |
