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Is it “brat” to disappear from your dutiful boyfriend in the middle of the trip he planned for you?
Viewers will find out in “Erupcja” — the Polish word for “eruption” — the 71-minute feature shot by director Pete Ohs on the run in Warsaw. Focused around Bethany (Charli XCX), a British girl convinced that a volcano will explode whenever she blows up her life for a biannual fling with flower shop owner Nel (Lena Góra) in Warsaw. Her puppy-dog boyfriend, Rob (Will Madden), wanted to propose to her in Paris, but when Bethany suggested they go to Poland instead, some part of her expected the planet to crack open when they got there. Sure enough, Mount Etna erupts soon after the couple settles into their rental flat — and Bethany takes it as a sign to slip away from her almost-fiancé at a party one night, ghosting Rob and his well-planned itinerary in favor of another fiery tryst with Nel.
This is Charli XCX‘s fourth film appearance of the year — and there could well be more we’re missing! — including three roles at Sundance: in “I Want Your Sex,” “The Gallerist,” and A24’s “The Moment” in which the pop star plays herself in a mockumentary about the Brat tour.
More from IndieWire’s review by David Ehrlich: “‘Erupcja‘ was (clearly) scripted on the fly, to the point that all four of its main actors are credited as co-writers as well. Here, that approach proves a bit more pointed than it did in the Ohs’ previous ‘Jethica’ and ‘The True Beauty of Being Bitten by a Tick,’ as its elevated mumblecore energy suits the unformed and searching nature of a wherever you go, there you are story about the ways that people try to make sense of the world around them in real-time.”
Jeremy O. Harris also stars in “Erupcja.” The film premiered at the 2025 Toronto International Film Festival before playing festivals in Leiden, São Paulo, and Thessaloniki
Watch the trailer below. 1-2 Special releases “Erupcja” in theaters April 17.
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