2025 · documentary · supernatural
Pompei: Below the Clouds
Directed by Gianfranco Rosi1h 54m2025
Naples faces dual volcanic threats from Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei. Amid increasing tremors, archaeologists work as residents live anxiously, haunted by Pompeii's fate while emergency services strain.
Our read: Pompei: Below the Clouds (2025) reads as a neutral, steady, inventive documentary · supernatural entry — measured in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Neutral, steady, measured documentary / supernatural, inventive in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
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