La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
Waiting for an inevitable disaster
Directed by Werner Herzog
Produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Süddeutscher Rundfunk
A meditative documentary about human defiance and mortality, as Herzog observes an old man's solitary vigil before an inevitable natural catastrophe.
Werner Herzog takes a film crew to the island of Guadeloupe when he hears that the volcano on the island is going to erupt. Everyone has left, except for one old man who refuses to leave.
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