![]() ![]() Bondarchuk and his cinematographer Vadim Ilkov supply many more such exquisite tableaux, from giant mist-cloaked concrete bridges to endless fields of parched sunflowers stretching off into infinity. Volcano opens with an arrestingly lovely sequence, an extended aerial shot of droplets splashing in slow motion onto a dark body of water before a huge, mysterious barge swims into view. One of the stand-out world premieres at Karlovy Vary Film Festival last week, Volcano continues its Eurofest tour next week with stopovers in Palic and Odessa. There are hints of David Lynch’s macabre absurdism here, but also some agreeably carnivalesque interludes reminiscent of Federico Fellini, Emir Kusturica and even Wes Anderson. An international co-production between Ukraine, Germany and Monaco, director Roman Bondarchuk’s first dramatic feature is a mix of Kafka-esque road movie and contemporary western, rich in sumptuous visuals and lyrical strangeness. Set in the remote badlands of the Pontic-Caspian steppe in southern Ukraine, Volcano is a poetically surreal love letter to an untamed corner of the Wild East.
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