Fire of Love

Fire of Love

Katia and Maurice Krafft loved two things — each other, and volcanoes. For two decades, the daring French volcanologist couple were seduced by the thrill and danger of this elemental love triangle. They roamed the planet, chasing eruptions and their aftermath, documenting their discoveries in stunning photographs and breathtaking film to share with an increasingly curious public in media appearances and lecture tours. Ultimately, Katia and Maurice would lose their lives during a 1991 volcanic explosion on Japan’s Mount Unzen, but they would leave a legacy that would forever enrich our knowledge of the natural world.

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  • Runtime: 120 minutes
  • Genre: Documentaries
  • Stars: Miranda July, Katia Krafft, Maurice Krafft
  • Director: Sara Dosa
 Comments
  • kk-59333 - 6 November 2023
    A love letter to the volcano and humanity
    Having gazed into a volcano's crater at the lava, it's indeed difficult to settle for an ordinary life. Thanks to the Krafft couple for bringing the utmost romantic imagery. Genius photography seems to require no technique, only intuition and love, stemming from childlike wonder and intense curiosity. Within hundreds of hours of archives and materials, the director found the most compelling clue. The true love for both one's partner and science emerges with the eruption of lava. We all need to pay homage to this birth-to-death, extraordinary innocence, and courage. Love the volcano and stay away from the crowd; love the crowd and perish in the volcano.
  • Xstal - 11 March 2023
    Larva Lovers...
    There are fuses where their length is undefined, ticking time bombs where the clock faces are blind, explosive discharge they pre-empt, as the earth expels ferment, red or grey, depending how the plates combined. These are landscapes where a couple used to graft, where they practiced, learned, and developed their Krafft, among the pyroclastic flows, volcanoes in their death throes, they enjoyed their time together, life was a blast.

    A wonderful piece of filmmaking about an eccentric couple who found love among the volatile and explosive environments found in and around the those parts of the world where the planet vents its spleen.
  • TheGMang - 25 February 2023
    Relies entirely on the talent of the subjects
    The filmmakers add essentially nothing of value here and did not even use AI to clean the old footage to make it pristine, which would have been the most valuable thing they could have done. July's voiceover has completely the wrong tone and is painfully annoying; overall weak performance as well. In it's best moments the film compiles multiple perspectives and archival footage of key moments but unfortunately it falls flat. The score is pretty fantastic and carries the film. The sound fx and mix didn't work and felt like a raw foley session. In fact the way it is assembled, most of the film felt like a parody of Life Aquatic which no doubt was a massive influence. All in all, if you have seen this couple's work and know the story you don't need to watch this.
  • jackson_ro - 16 November 2022
    Fire of Love
    Too art house of a film for my liking, as the story pushes through very slowly while trying to paint Maurice and Katia's love. Feels like a job half done, as the film feels too scientific for a romantic documentary, but also not serious enough as a full on scientific documentary. The true highlight of the film is the vast amount of volcanic eruption footage that can rarely be seen outside this film. Maurice and Katia's dedication to their craft is astonishing, and I am just glad that their legacy has been preserved in a documentary like this, even though the documentary itself is not really to my liking.
  • Roseplayer450 - 2 August 2022
    Great film! one of my favs!
    Simply an amazing film! Documentaries are hard to make fun, exciting, silly, but still emotional.

    I was glued to the screen the entire time, it was so fun, innovative, and respectful. I never knew anything about the subject matter so I was also learning a lot.

    I was not the biggest fan of the narration at first, but it quickly grew on me. I found the editing to be a great balance of fun and well thought out.

    I also met the director at a film festival, she is one of the nicest people I have ever spoken too. Huge congrats to her and all her success!