Going to the Movies

Last Thursday, a group of assistants decided that an evening at the movies was just what the dreary day called for. After a pasta dinner (cooking for one can be a challenge in our small apartment kitchens, so cooking for a group was very amusing), we walked through pouring rain to the movie theater nearby. Our chosen film was called Eyjafjallajokull, which I honestly thought was a typo the first time I saw the title. Turns out, Eyjafjallajokull is the name of the Icelandic volcano which erupted in 2010, spewing huge amounts of ash into the air and stranding thousands of travelers across the world as planes were unable to navigate the murky skies.

Eyjafjallajokull is a comedy about a bitterly divorced couple stranded by the volcano’s eruption on their way from France to Greece for their daughter’s wedding. It follows their adventures and mishaps as they seek alternate ways of travel after their flight is diverted, and they inevitably make amends by the movie’s conclusion. It was funny and at times strange, but I’m pleased that I understood enough of the French dialogue to follow most of what was going on (it helped that a lot of the humor was slapstick). They do show some English movies in Saint-Quentin, but hopefully I’ll venture more into the French film world as my French improves this year.

~ Movie Poster ~

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