ERUPCJA

71 MINUTES | ROMANTIC DRAMA | 2025

Synopsis

Set in Poland, Erupcja follows two women as they complicate their romantic lives. Nel lives in Warsaw where she works at a flower shop. When her childhood friend Bethany comes to visit with a new boyfriend, a volcano erupts. 

Credits

DIRECTED BY: Pete Ohs (JETHICA, OBEX)

PRODUCERS: Luke Arreguin (ROSALIA), Josh Godfrey (CADDO LAKE), Jeremy O. Harris (PET SHOP DAYS), Pete Ohs (OBEX), Charli xcx

CAST: Charli xcx (Gregg Araki’s upcoming I WANT YOUR SEX), Lena Gora (IMAGO), Jeremy O. Harris (THE SWEET EAST), Will Madden (JETHICA), Agata Trzebuchowska (IDA)

PRESS QUOTES

"An intimate drama expanded across tectonic dimensions."

The New Yorker 

"Charli xcx's casting adds a metatextual richness to the movie and vice-versa, as the friction between her pop star persona and Bethany’s somnambulant everywoman deepens the sense of a woman divided between the superreal and the literal, the spectacular and the mundane."

Indiewire

“Charli xcx Is Magnetic in a Lovely, Low-Key Ode to Wanderlust, Friendship and Intimacy”

The Hollywood Reporter

"Pete Ohs' best film yet doses a messy, wise, realistic relationship story with a hint of magic."

AV Club

“Despite a hint at a super subtle mystic connection to Mount Etna, it’s somewhat refreshing how genuine it all feels.... The movie feels like a cinematic palate cleanser the closer it comes to its inevitable ending.”  

The Playlist

"The Brat singer isn't the first pop star to turn to big-screen acting, but she has made an auspicious start that demonstrates a commitment to cinema."

BBC

"The most important commitment that ends up being made in the film is to a particular playful tone that “Erupcja” gets just right, capturing a moment that may be slight but certainly significant."

Movable Fest