Eyjafjallajökull (2013)

For travelers around the world, the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull is a downer. For Alain and Valerie, it's a catastrophe. For if they are to make it in time to the tiny... See full summary »

Director:

Alexandre Coffre

Writers:

Laurent Zeitoun (screenplay), Yoann Gromb (screenplay)

Stars:

Valérie Bonneton, Dany Boon, Denis Ménochet

1 win.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Valérie Bonneton	...	Valérie
Dany Boon	...	Alain
Denis Ménochet	...	Ezéchiel
Albert Delpy	...	Tonton Roger
Bérangère McNeese	...	Cécile
Constance Dollé	...	Sylvie
Myriam Azencot	...	Voisine avion
Arnaud Henriet	...	Voisin avion Alain
Yann Sorton	...	Stewart grec
Jochen Hägele	...	Agent Avis Allemagne (as Jochen Haegele)
Barbara Ornellas	...	Femme autocar
Malik Bentalha	...	Ami Cécile
Tiphaine Daviot	...	Amie Cécile
Brigitte Böttrich	...	Propriétaire B&B
Markus Baumeister	...	Homme station-service

Storyline

For travelers around the world, the eruption of the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull is a downer. For Alain and Valerie, it's a catastrophe. For if they are to make it in time to the tiny Greek village where their daughter's wedding is taking place, the two divorcees have to swallow their pathological hatred for each other and hit the road together.

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Plot Keywords:

2010s | year 2010 | iceland | eyjafjallajokull volcano | air travel disruption | 

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Genres:

Comedy

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Details

Country:

France Belgium

Language:

French Albanian Greek English German

Release Date:

2 October 2013 (France)

Also Known As:

Aistru vulkanas

Filming Locations:

Belgium

Company Credits

Production Co:

Quad Productions,TF1 Films Production,Scope Pictures

Technical Specs

Runtime:

92 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The film's events are set around a real-world event. From March to May, 2010 there were a series of eruptions in the volcano Eyjafjallajökull, Iceland (which was dormant since 1823.) Volcanic ash and electrical storms from the eruptions caused a lengthy air travel disruption in many areas of Europe.

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Goofs

The signs at the alleged "Ljubljana Airport" are in Dutch (Flemish) rather than Slovenian, indicating that the scenes were shot in Belgium.

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Connections

Referenced in Estrenos Críticos: Eyjafjallajökull, Corazón de León, Marsella, Aviones 2 y Planeta de los Simios 8 (2014)

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Soundtracks

Cécile ma fille
Written by Claude Nougaro and Jacques Datin
Performed by Dany Boon and Valérie Bonneton

User Reviews

Even Boon can't entirely safe this

It's interesting that a volcano who went off a couple of years ago, is responsible for a road movie. But we can see that this sort of makes sense. To a degree that is, because we are getting railroaded early on. There is so much hate between the two characters, that any kind of consolation does not make sense at all. History between them or not, circumstances and events or not.

Still, if you do not care about that, there are a lot of funny situations (and one very crude religious "skit", if you want to call it that). Other than that, we get animal abuse, jokes that are so low, they might just fly under your radar, flying and "crashing" for the sake of it and other crazy stunts. Your sense of humor might be up to par with it, but we've seen many better films from France (with and without the always likable Mr. Boon, even though his character here isn't that nice) ...