Amber Heard says ‘beautiful’ new film is ‘about love’ as she makes post-trial big screen return

Amber Heard showered praise on her new movie this weekend while attending its premiere at the Taormina Film Festival in Italy.

The actress, 37, stars in thriller In The Fire, her first foray back to the big screen since losing the 2022 defamation case brought by her ex-husband Johnny Depp, 60.

‘It’s a beautiful movie about the almost supernatural effect and force of love,’ she rhapsodized to People at the film festival.

She added: ‘It is about the boundaries that love can cross and its creation, and really about the overwhelming power that love has.’

Heard, who in the wake of the trial has moved to Spain with her two-year-old daughter, gushed: ‘I don’t want to sound cheesy about it, but it’s a movie about love.’

The plot of film In The Fire is set in Colombia in 1899. 

The synopsis on the festival’s website, reveals that Amber will play a widowed American psychiatrist who ‘arrives in a rich farm in Colombia after being called to solve the case of a disturbed child.’ 

The boy’s mother is concerned about accusations by a local priest that her child is possessed by the devil.

‘When the doctor arrives, she discovers that the boy’s mother is dead and that the father himself has begun to believe in the possible possession of the child.’

While the doctor uses the still new practice to try to cure the child, it becomes a race against time to save the boy, and perhaps her own life. 

Amber exuded showbiz glamour in a black ensemble as she presented In The Fire at the 69th Taormina Festival.

She cut an elegant figure in a pleated frock with sheer waterfall sleeves, which she styled with platform heels. 

The Hollywood blonde wore her golden locks in tight curls across her shoulders and completed her look with a bold slick of red lipstick. 

Amber put the court drama behind her as she smiled and laughed with her Italian co-star Luca Calvani, 48, and other pals on the previous night.

The beauty slipped into a plain white top and a cream midi skirt with a front split which highlighted her toned pins.

She teamed her evening outfit with a simple black clutch and black court shoes which she later removed during the outing.

Amber left her wavy blonde locks loose for the occasion, while she amped up the glam with a sweep of bold red lipstick.

Despite her recent legal woes, the mother-of-one looked happier than ever as she laughed and joked with her pals amid the film festival. 

Her appearance marked the first time she has promoted a film since her court battle.

Amber will also appear in the upcoming Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom. She is expected to reprise her role as Mera for the superhero film due out in December.

Amber has been living near Madrid with her daughter Oonagh, two, where she moved after the court case. The little one was born via surrogate in April 2021.