Lava Movie Download

10 / 10

Outstanding fable
This exquisite short musical animation appeared before a screening of the full length animation Inside Out and it blew me away. It made me laugh and cry at the same time. It’s the simple fable of how a tiny volcanic island was formed. A big old male volcano longs for love and sings his feelings but almost becomes extinct, trying to keep his hope alive in his isolation. Unbeknownst to him, a beautiful female volcano submerged in the sea nearby falls in love with his voice and his story. She fires up, and emerges, singing, from the sea as an island, which in turn fires up the male volcano to emerge from where he’s sunk into the sea. The two volcanoes finish up leaning on each other, happy and singing, forming a new, united, island volcano. It’s a creation story, told as though you’re sitting around a Hawaiian campfire, with a lovely, operatic ukelele soundtrack. I loved it..Read More