Amber Heard may have decided to say goodbye to Hollywood and experience a mundane life in Spain, but that didn't mean she was giving up her acting career for good. The actress returns to the big screen with her latest film, In the Fire, an independent thriller directed by Conor Allyn has just released its official trailer. In fact, the history takes place in 1980s and Heard plays Grace Burnham, a New York doctor who travels to a plantation in Colombia to care for a boy (Lorenzo McGovern Zaini) with deep personal traumas and unexplained abilities. The local community, led by a priest, wishes to exorcise the young boy as, according to them, the devil is inside the child, being the cause of all the town's problems.
Due to the times, there is a collision between logical explanations of phenomena (science) and religion, giving rise to a large-scale conflict. "Those people are afraid. And they need something to blame for that fear. And it's you," Burnham tells the little boy in a scene from his official teaser. At another point, particularly intense images are seen as the protagonist screams ferociously while being publicly flogged for standing up for her beliefs. This act is ironically representative of Amber's life, following recent legal developments and media fallout.
In the words of the actress, the film is "a meditation on the almost supernatural powers of love that tells a strong and independent woman at the turn of the 20th century. I love to be a part of this labor of love and to be the lead in Conor Allyn's vision," she told Entertainment Tonight ahead of the SAG-AFTRA strike.
The theatrical release for In the Fire has has not official dates.