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Pompei: Below the Clouds

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From award-winning filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi comes Pompei: Below the Clouds, a striking portrait of life in Naples, a city living in the shadow of Vesuvius. Beneath the quiet threat of eruption, people go about their days: archaeologists unearth the past, children learn as the earth hums, firefighters wait for the next call. The result is a portrait at once local and universal: a reflection on humanity's capacity to live, love, and rebuild in the shadow of the unimaginable.
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Bilge Ebiri New York Magazine/Vulture 4d
Shot in black and white and filled with images of collapse, Below the Clouds is nevertheless a strangely hopeful work. Go to Full Review Manohla Dargis New York Times 4d
Here, in this humble spot, there are tales of war but also joy, stories and those who, like Rosi, insistently and movingly, bridge the past with the present. Go to Full Review Sheila O'Malley RogerEbert.com 5d
4/4
Time destroys, preserves, and then returns (one hopes, at least). Rosi’s film is a meditative and moving document showing that process and possibility. Go to Full Review Erik Reeds Spectrum Culture 9h
A gorgeous but languorous exploration of Neapolitan everyday life, this documentary can sometimes spend a little too much time observing. Go to Full Review Todd Jorgenson Cinemalogue 4d
... alternates between comforting and unsettling as the deliberate pace yields a poetic, often powerful cumulative impact. Go to Full Review Gregory Nussen Screen Rant 4d
9/10
The poetry of Rosi's images hits with a church bell's vibrations. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

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Stephen C @bob25009 4d Real footage in 1 hour and 55 minutes. All ages admitted. See more Read all reviews
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Gianfranco Rosi

Director

Gianfranco Rosi

Writer

Gianfranco Rosi

Cinematographer

Gianfranco Rosi

Film Editor

Fabrizio Federico

Film Editor

Donatella Palermo

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Synopsis From award-winning filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi comes Pompei: Below the Clouds, a striking portrait of life in Naples, a city living in the shadow of Vesuvius. Beneath the quiet threat of eruption, people go about their days: archaeologists unearth the past, children learn as the earth hums, firefighters wait for the next call. The result is a portrait at once local and universal: a reflection on humanity's capacity to live, love, and rebuild in the shadow of the unimaginable.
Director
Gianfranco Rosi
Producer
Donatella Palermo, Gianfranco Rosi, Paolo Del Brocco
Screenwriter
Gianfranco Rosi, Gianfranco Rosi
Distributor
MUBI
Production Co
RAI Cinema, 21uno Film, Stemal Entertainment
Genre
Documentary
Original Language
Italian
Release Date (Theaters)
Mar 6, 2026, Limited
Runtime
1h 55m