Does La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe end with hope?

Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

Is La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe easy watching?

Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of well-known films. This describes how the film comes across as a whole, measured against other well-known films; it is not a content list.

La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe

Name: La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe
Genre: Documentary
Released: 1977
Duration: 31 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Werner Herzog, Edward Lachman, Jörg Schmidt-Reitwein

Waiting for an inevitable disaster

Directed by Werner Herzog

Produced by Werner Herzog Filmproduktion, Süddeutscher Rundfunk

197731 min7.3 / 10

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.

Clusters

Ambiguous Mental Breakdown Stories Slow Emotional Collapse Religion Versus The System Morally Ambiguous Crime Dramas Emotional Downfall

Genres

Documentary

Keywords

Volcano Poverty Destruction Guadeloupe

Questions people ask

Is La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.
Does La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe end with hope? Barely. Less hopeful than 83% of films.
Is La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.
Is La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.
Is La Soufrière: Waiting for an Inevitable Catastrophe scary? Somewhat. More frightening than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.