Erupcja

Does true love always have to mean madness? Intense sensations, oblivion, and an eruption both metaphorical and, here, quite literal, volcano? Although Bethany (Charli XCX, whose album Brat is still an earworm) once believed that, she apparently no longer remembers. Her staid relationship with Rob (Will Madden) has a chance for even greater stability, especially since he plans to propose during a short trip. Their plans change with a volcanic eruption and the couple stays in Warsaw. Bethany knows well what that means: Nel (Lena Góra), who fascinates her, must be somewhere nearby. In his latest film celebrating Poland, Pete Ohs (director of The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick, also shown at this year’s TAURON AFF) slowly roams Warsaw, stumbling on uneven pavements and watching young women with pasts. The feelings experienced by the heroines, as always in such stories, are complicated, especially since in seeking one’s own freedom, it is easy to hurt the ones you love, but this capricious, nocturnal Warsaw has never looked better. After all, as Ohs claims, it is far more romantic than Paris.