Volcano (2018 film)
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Volcano (Ukrainian title Вулкан, German title Vulcan) is a 2018 Ukrainian-German-Monaco drama film, and the feature directorial debut of Roman Bondarchuk [uk]. Through the character Lukas, an interpreter who is stranded in the region he was to help monitor for a security organization, the film examines the lives of people on the southern Ukrainian steppe who live in anarchic freedom, seemingly forgotten by the outside world.
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Ukrainian | Вулкан |
Directed by | Roman Bondarchuk |
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Produced by | Olena Yershova |
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Cinematography | Vadym Ilkov |
Music by | Anton Baibakov |
Production company | Tato Film |
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Running time | 106 min.[1] |
Country | Ukraine |
Budget | ₴10,000,000 |
The film premiered at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival (KVIFF) on 1 July 2018 in the East of the West program. It won several awards at international film festivals, including the Grand Prize at festivals in Armenia, Croatia and Morocco. The film has been noted for its stunning visuals and a documentary feel attained through cinéma vérité techniques and the casting of non-actors. Bondarchuk received the Shevchenko National Prize for directing the film.