‘Erupcja’ Director Pete Ohs and Writer Jeremy O. Harris on Working With Charli xcx, Resisting AI and the ‘Digital Detox’ of Japanese Jail

By Daniel D'Addario

Daniel D'Addario

Chief TV Critic

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Charli xcx’s latest project is a surprisingly intimate character drama, made in close collaboration with a boundary-pushing filmmaker and screenwriter.

“Erupcja” — out on Friday and directed by Pete Ohs and written by a team including Ohs, Jeremy O. Harris and Charli xcx, among others — sees the pop star playing Bethany, a woman visiting Warsaw. Whenever she reunites with her close friend Nel (Lena Góra, another credited co-writer), eruptions seem to ensue, including, in this case, a volcano that makes air travel impossible. Bethany’s boyfriend Rob (Will Madden, the fifth and final co-writer) expects to make a romantic sojourn out of their bonus time in Poland; probing at alternate lives she might be living, Bethany would rather hang out with her friend and see what further explosions the pair might generate.

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