Krakatoa
Spanish premiere.
Introduction and Q&A with Carlos Casas (filmmaker) and Margot Mecca (film programmer).
* Might be harmful for photosensitive people.
A solitary fisherman lives on a bamboo platform off the volcanic island of Krakatoa, in Indonesia. After an unsettling night in which the fish have disappeared, a devastating eruption and tsunami throw him into unknown territory.
The eruption of the Krakatoa Volcano in 1883, one of the most destructive cataclysms of recent centuries, is considered the loudest sound ever heard. In his film, multidisciplinary artist Carlos Casas —Cemetery, 2020— embarks on a journey along the paths of the apocalypse with Roni Herliansyah, a survivor of the 2018 eruption of the same volcano. From the expedition imagined by Jules Verne —A Journey to the Centre of the Earth— to the contemporary context marked by the ecological crisis, this work articulates a fascinating sound experimentation —with sound design by Nicolas Becker—, a chromatic explosion, and a rhythmic construction based on a hybrid narrative that sits between reality and speculative fiction. Casas invites viewers to an experience —a sensory exploration— in which elusiveness, untamed nature, and environmental awareness intertwine in a hypnotic flow, transforming the cinema hall into a space where one can vibrate with the force of the planet and feel the vulnerability of those who inhabit it.
Miquel Martí Freixas
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