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Under the Volcano (2024 film)

Under the Volcano () is a 2024 Polish drama film directed by Damian Kocur. It premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2024. It was selected as Poland's submission for Best International Feature Film at the 97th Academy Awards.

Premise

A Ukrainian family on vacation in Tenerife learns that they cannot return home due to the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

Cast

  • Sofiia Berezovska as Sofiia Kovalenko, a 16-year-old Ukrainian girl
  • as Roman Kovalenko, Sofiia's father
  • as Anastasiia Kovalenko, Sofiia's stepmother
  • Fedir Pugachov as Fedir Kovalenko, Sofiia's younger brother

Release

Salaud Morisset acquired international sales rights to the film in August 2024. The trailer was released on 7 September 2024.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on 8 September 2024. It will also be screened at the 2024 Polish Film Festival as the festival's opening film.

Reception

Jared Mobarak of The Film Stage gave the film a grade of B+, writing that "[Damian] Kocur has given form to the purgatory of survival in times of horror." David Katz of Cineuropa wrote, "From an immediately pressurised opening, Under the Volcano drifts into a pleasing and paradoxically hypnotic kind of stasis, shot with oft-deteriorated available light and in shallow focus with long lenses – not quite a 'hangout' movie, and more about biding time in urban loneliness...."

The film has received mixed reviews in Poland. Filmweb assigned the film a score of 6.3 out of 10 based on 33 critic ratings.

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