Volcano (2018)

Original title

Вулкан

Directed by

Roman Bondarchuk

Genre

comedy drama

Country

Monaco, Ukraine, Germany

Runtime

1h 47m

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 26 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An interpreter named Lukas gets stranded in a remote area of southern Ukraine. He observes the anarchic lives of locals who live forgotten by the outside world.

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What happens

Volcano (in Ukrainian: «Вулкан», romanized: Vulkan; in German: Vulcan) is a 2018 Ukrainian-German-Monaco drama film, and the feature directorial debut of Roman Bondarchuk. Through the character Lukas, an interpreter who is stranded in the region he was to help monitor for a security organization, the film examines the lives of people on the southern Ukrainian steppe who live in anarchic freedom, seemingly forgotten by the outside world. The film premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on 1 July 2018 in the East of the West program. It won several awards at international film festivals, including the Grand Prize at festivals in Armenia, Croatia and Morocco. The film has been noted for its stunning visuals and a documentary feel attained through cinéma vérité techniques and the casting of non-actors. Bondarchuk received the Shevchenko National Prize for directing the film. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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