Volcano

Directed by Roman Bondarchuk

Lukas, a driver and interpreter for the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe is monitoring the ongoing conflict in southern Ukraine and inspecting military check-points with his colleagues. When the SUV they’re travelling in breaks down, Lukas heads off alone to look for help (or an unlikely phone signal) but when he returns to the vehicle, his colleagues have vanished.

Heading deeper and deeper into unknown territory (the Wild West as far as this man from Kiev is concerned) and taking up the offer of hospitality from an eccentric detectorist and his family, no path seems to lead home. Soon enough, things that had once seemed strange start to seem just different, and perhaps, even, life-affirming… A visually striking black comedy.

Duration:
132 minutes

Translated title:
Vulkan

Languages:
Ukrainian

Subtitles:
Full English

Country of origin:
Germany, Monaco and Ukraine

Year of production:
2018