- Released: January 20, 2022
- Directed by: Sara Dosa
- Running time: 1 h 38 min
- Rating 4/5
Synopsis
My Thoughts
I have actually known about the Kraffts for years now, and they always interested me. I first learned about them in geology class in high school and we even watched an older mini-documentary on them back then. However I never really got the chance to delve deeper into the subject, so when this documentary was announced I was very happy that it would give us a larger and deep look into this couple.
And, yeah, it's a very solid documentary. Using both archive footage as well as more modern narration, we're told the story of how Katia and Maurice came to fall in love and it documents their many trips. They got really close to many volcanoes, some even very dangerous, but they always were fine, up until one final trip where they ended up not making it out alive. Very tragic, but at the same time you also know they died giving their all for their biggest passions: volcanoes.
This documentary does a great job at documenting their lives and the aftermath of their deaths. It's visually very interesting (with the endless amount of interesting and intense volcano footage) and has a lot to teach us about the Kraffts.
If there's one thing I wasn't as into here, however, it was the narrator. I just don't think that the fact that this woman sounds half-asleep throughout the entire film was a good choice. It doesn't get across the passion the narrator should have for telling us the Krafft's story. She just sounds half-whisper-y constantly and I just do not think it worked. It's just not an effective choice especially with there being a few intense scenes in here, meanwhile the narrator just does not sound interested. So if there's one thing I'd have changed here, it'd have been the narrator's voice.
Overall still a fantastic film though. Absolutely give it a watch if the subject interests you!
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