Firebreak (film)
Firebreak (Spanish: Cortafuego) is a 2026 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by David Victori. It stars Belén Cuesta, Enric Auquer, Joaquín Furriel, and Diana Gómez.
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Firebreak (film)
Firebreak (Spanish: Cortafuego) is a 2026 Spanish psychological thriller film directed by David Victori. It stars Belén Cuesta, Enric Auquer, Joaquín Furriel, and Diana Gómez.
Plot
Firebreak (film)
Widowed Mara trips to a family summer house with her daughter Lide, her sister Elena, her brother-in-law Luis, and her nephew. Lide goes missing in the forest, while the onset of a massive wild fire complicates things.
Production
Firebreak (film)
The screenplay was written by Javier Félix Echániz, Asier Guerricaechevarría, Jon Iriarte, and David Victori. An Espotlight Media production for Netflix, the film was shot in between the province of Segovia and the Community of Madrid. Elías M. Félix worked as cinematographer while Federico Jusid scored the film.
Release
Firebreak (film)
Distributed by Netflix, it was released on streaming on 20 February 2026.
Reception
Firebreak (film)
Manuel J. Lombardo of Diario de Sevilla gave the film a 2-star rating, lamenting the favouring of the "demands of algorithmic entertainment at the expense of plausibility".
Elsa Fernández-Santos of El País deemed Firebreak to be a film "that does not quite catch on".
John Serba of Decider.com gave a negative recommendation, pointing out that the "irritating" suspense in the film is couched with nonsense, as "logic and reason elude these characters".