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Under the Volcano

2024 · 105 min

A quiet, tense, and emotionally heavy watch as a family's vacation turns into displacement, with a slow-burn realism that lingers.

Overview: A Ukrainian family is spending their final day of vacation in Tenerife, Spain when suddenly Russia’s ongoing occupation of Ukraine turns into a full-scale invasion. As their return to Kyiv becomes impossible, the tourists become refugees overnight.

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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
war
isolation
survival
identity
Places: small town
road trip
Era: contemporary
Audience: adult
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	2
Horror	1
Humour	2
Realism	9
Romance	1
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: drama, war
Directed by: Damian Kocur
Written by: Marta Konarzewska, Damian Kocur
Starring: Sofia Berezovska, Anastasiia Karpenko, Roman Lutskyi, Fedir Pugachov, Almira Hryhorets, Mike Mensah, Ada Lorenc, Alicja Acosta Bolda
Cinematography: Mykyta Kuzmenko
Runtime: 105 min
Country: Poland
Languages: English, German, Russian, Spanish, Ukrainian, Wolof

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