Salt and Fire is a 2016 English-language Thriller motion picture written by Werner Herzog and Tom Bissell. The movie is directed by Werner Herzog and produced by Werner Herzog, Michael Benaroya, Pablo Cruz and Nina Maag under the banner of Arte France Cin ma in collaboration with Benaroya Pictures, Canana Films and Skellig Rock. Salt and Fire is about a mysterious hostage-taking where the leader of a small scientific delegation is deliberately stranded with two blind boys in an area of gigantic salt flats. Shot in Bolivia, the film stars Michael Shannon, Veronica Ferres and Gael García Bernal and was written and directed by Werner Herzog. Written by XLrator Media. Salt and fire features Michael Shannon in the lead role along with an ensemble cast including Veronica Ferres, Gael Garc A Bernal, Gael García Bernal, Volker Michalowski, Lawrence Krauss and Anita Briem. The screenplay is written by Werner Herzog which is inspired from Aral by Tom Bissell. The music was composed by Ernst Reijseger. Cinematography was done by Peter Zeitlinger and editing by Joe Bini. The film has a running time of 98 minutes. It was released on 7th December 2016 in English and Spanish languages. The movie made a box office gross of $0 million. Distribution rights for the motion picture were acquired by XLrator Media.