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Film: Fire of Love (PG) a Bendigo District Environment Council Fundraiser

Thu, 15 Sept

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Star Cinema

Straight from the Melbourne Film Festival, this is a love story written in lava. Two intrepid scientists who adore volcanoes as much as each other gift the world with something extraordinary. 9.9/10 from Rotten Tomatoes! "The greatest lava-fueled love story ever told" - RollingStone

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Film: Fire of Love (PG) a Bendigo District Environment Council Fundraiser
Film: Fire of Love (PG) a Bendigo District Environment Council Fundraiser

Time & Location

15 Sept 2022, 6:30 pm

Star Cinema, Town Hall, Peg Leg Rd, Eaglehawk VIC 3556, Australia

About the event

Intrepid scientists and lovers Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcanic explosion doing the very thing that brought them together: unraveling the mysteries of volcanoes by capturing the most explosive imagery ever recorded.

'But there’s never anything saccharine in this love story, with Dosa and co keeping a firm grasp on the Kraffts’ ambition and intelligence. There will always be some gaps left to fill — moments where both the archives and the filmmakers’ imagination can’t quite put all the pieces of the jigsaw together. Still, the Kraffts warned so many around the world of the dangers of volcanoes, avoiding major natural disasters and teaching us how to better care for the planet so it can, in some way, love us back. At one point Maurice says he hopes that by living far away from humans up in the clouds and mountains that he’ll learn to appreciate us a…

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