2013 · comedy · disaster · music
The Volcano
Directed by Alexandre Coffre1h 32m2013
The eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull causes major disruptions to travelers' plans around the world. For Alain and Valérie, it's a catastrophe. Because to make it to the small Greek village in time for their daughter's wedding, this divorced couple, whose mutual hatred knows no bounds, will be obliged to set out on the road together.
Our read: The Volcano (2013) reads as a cosy, breathless, grounded comedy · disaster · music entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, redemptive in outlook.
Cosy, breathless, gentle comedy / disaster, grounded in texture. Redemptive, intimate, measured.
- cosy
- kinetic
- gentle
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