Volcano

I admit that Volcano is quite an experience. Unusual, yet definitely an experience. The comments on this site comparing it to a post-apocalyptic film have a point. I could not understand that something like this was possible in Ukraine. Is it really? I still can’t believe it. As if anyone who could do something about it had forgotten about that piece of land, just as if people here had forgotten what humanity is or what emotions are. There are things and situations in this film that made me shake my head in bewilderment. This wasn’t helped by the main character Lucas, who didn’t show much common sense. He brought a lot what happened to him upon himself and at some moments it looked that he even voluntarily chose this. Not that I wished him ill, but still. Anyhow, it works as a poetic film, which moreover shows us something of the current Ukraine. (30/07/2019)