Volcano

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Volcano

2018

1h 44m

Comedy

Drama

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86%

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7 Reviews

75%

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A series of odd coincidences leaves Lukas, an interpreter for an OSCE military checkpoint inspection tour, stranded near a small southern Ukrainian town. With nowhere to turn, this city boy finds shelter at the home of a colorful local named Vova.

Phil Hoad

Guardian

11/09/2021

4/5

An oblique cousin of the vitriolic satire of Sergei Loznitsa's 2018 film Donbass.

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Alissa Simon

Variety

04/05/2019

An impressively shot drama marbled with welcome notes of absurdist comedy and wry humor...

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

10/10/2018

Unfortunately Bondarchuk doesn't have as much to contemplate as he lets on; the movie often disintegrates into superficial art-film moodiness.

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

08/08/2021

3.5/5

While the absurd humor generates crushing awkwardness, the convincing environments promulgate a sad authenticity.

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Jaime Fa de Lucas

Culturamas

01/09/2019

The metaphors it uses to develop its theme are Volcano's highlights, supported by Vadim Ilkov's wonderful photography. [Full review in Spanish]

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Amber Wilkinson

Eye for Film

07/31/2018

4/5

Bondarchuk subverts the idea of Kafka - rather than this proving to be hell, there's an increasing sense that a loss of structure could be less a tearing down of Lukas' life than an opportunity to build something different.

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Roman Bondarchuk

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Serhiy Stepansky

Lukas

Viktor Zhdanov

Vova

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Marushka

Oleksandr Lyakin

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Synopsis

A series of odd coincidences leaves Lukas, an interpreter for an OSCE military checkpoint inspection tour, stranded near a small southern Ukrainian town. With nowhere to turn, this city boy finds shelter at the home of a colorful local named Vova.

Director: Roman Bondarchuk
Producer: Michel Merkt, Olena Yershova
Screenwriter: Alla Tyutyunnik
Production Co: Pluto Film Distribution Network, Tato Film, Elemag Pictures, Ukrainian State Film Agency
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Original Language: Ukrainian
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 8, 2019
Runtime: 1h 44m