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Volcano: Cannes Review

Despite some hot-and-heavy old-age sex, "Volcano" is not going to be many folks' first choice for a date movie.

Despite some hot-and-heavy old-age sex, Volcano is not going to be many folks’ first choice for a date movie. But Icelandic writer-director Runar Runarsson’s drama is a love story observed with tenderness that never compromises its truthfulness. It will strike affecting chords for anyone who has dealt with a partner or elderly parent’s illness, and the painful decisions that arise from it.