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The film follows three men of different generations living in the Ukrainian Carpathians: Ivan is an 82-year-old retired shepherd who lives a lonely life, having recently buried his wife. At the same time, ten-year-old Ivanko is just beginning his life and studying at the country boarding school, while 39-year-old Vasyl is raising young lambs on his farm. But when spring comes, all three men will head for the mountains following the shepherd's calling that is becoming ever more difficult to sustain in the contemporary world.

The Living Fire is a 2016 documentary with a runtime of 1 hour and 16 minutes.