Volcano
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- intimate
Heavy, measured, measured drama / aging, grounded in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, measured.
How every film is hand-scored →Hannes is an old man who has grown apart from his children. Recently retired when his wife gets ill he tries to reconcile with them and to atone for his cold demeanor in the past.
Our read · Volcano (2011) reads as a heavy, measured, grounded drama · aging · family entry — measured in intensity, intimate in scope, measured in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
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The shape of Volcano
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