"The titles that usually break out of TIFF's Midnight Madness program are often characterized by audacious, crowd-pleasing spectacle (consider the uproarious acclaim for " The Furious"). I've always been drawn to the more unconventional midnighters; those stories that may not boast the action choreography and visceral thrills of their louder siblings, but remain intriguingly disquieting. This dispatch covers two Midnighters here that fit that bill, plus another lo-fi cut featuring a brat-ty pop star that feels right at home with these strange delights."
"Pete Oh's "Erupcja" arrived with considerable fanfare and built-in hype thanks to the casting of pop star Charli XCX. It is a strong showcase for the singer, who radiates a restrained confidence. She stars as Bethany, a woman who has arrived in Warsaw with her boyfriend, Rob (Will Madden). Bethany has the correct suspicion that Rob is going to try to propose to her, so she abandons the carefully crafted plans he's laid out and seeks the company of her longtime friend, Nel (Lena Góra)."
"Their reunion is quite literally explosive; as Bethany recounts, every time the two are in the physical proximity of each other, a volcano erupts (some of their greatest hits include eruptions in Iceland, Chile, Ecuador, and the Philippines). Rob later informs that Mount Etna erupted, which confirms the trend. Nel and Bethany have fallen out of love, with Nel in particular disenchanted by Bethany's propensity to appear and disappear at her whim,"
Erupcja follows Bethany, played by Charli XCX, who arrives in Warsaw with her boyfriend Rob and reconnects with longtime friend Nel. Each time Bethany and Nel are physically near, volcanic eruptions occur in distant locations, a pattern confirmed by Rob's mention of Mount Etna. Bethany and Nel previously fell out of love, with Nel frustrated by Bethany's tendency to appear and disappear, yet both are tempted to reconnect. The film emphasizes hangout-style moments over solving the eruption mystery, using a simple, breezy narrative as a space for actors to examine elemental emotions like love.
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