Fire of Love
Doxa Film Festival 2022
This film is about Love. Love between two French lovers, Katia and Maurice Krafft, and their Love of Volcanoes.
Director Sara Dosa does a fabulous job of catching the life long love affair between the couple, as well as their infatuation with their work as Volcanologists. This film is nothing short of spectacular, much owed to the successful onerous task of collecting and presenting archival footage spanning the 1960’s through 1991.
Previously unseen hours of pristine 16-millimeter film and thousands of photographs reveal the birth of modern volcanology through an unlikely lens — the love of its two pioneers. — Sandbox Films
The Therapist in me loved not only the cinematography which draws us in to the fierce energy of Mother Nature, but also the interplay between Katia and her husband Maurice. They are candid in their life choices and their commitment to one another. They are unapologetic about choosing not to have children, not particularly enjoying humans, and their thrill-seeking and dangerous career.
In their life and in their death, this couple models a life well-lived with no regrets. That is a tough act to follow, but worth striving for nonetheless.
