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Pompei: Below the Clouds

Documentary

Directed by Gianfranco Rosi

Naples faces dual volcanic threats from Vesuvius and Campi Flegrei. Amid increasing tremors, archaeologists work as residents live anxiously, haunted by Pompeii's fate while emergency services strain. From TMDB

40 reactions from 2 sources (Bluesky, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 9, 2026 · last updated Nov 2, 2026 · How this works

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Pompei: Below the Clouds is a 2025 documentary film, directed by Gianfranco Rosi.

  • 38 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, TMDB reviews
  • posts span Apr 18, 2024 to Oct 9, 2026

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On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 98% of 43 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8/10. The website's consensus reads: "Guided by Gianfranco Rosi's eloquent directorial hand, Pompei: Below the Clouds captures life in a fragile, volcano-shadowed city with a deeply evocative, surprisingly hopeful cinematic mosaic." Sheila O'Malley of RogerEbert.com gave the film four stars out of four and wrote that it's "gorgeous". Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian rated the film five stars out of five, calling it "utterly distinctive" and "a ghostly yet luminous cinematic mosaic".

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  • Papillon Doré @papillondore20.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 9, 2026

    #MusicChallenge #EmojiSounds Day 10 🇪🇺 The Cure - A Forest (Live In Orange, France) The Cure's iconic 3 day performance took place in 1986 at the Théâtre Antique d'Orange, a Roman ampitheatre built in 1st century AD. Comparisons were made to Pink Floyd's Live at Pompei film. youtu.be/nSGjVNw6iO8?...

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  • More Movies @moremovies.co.ukBluesky · Apr 14, 2026

    Our friend @denizarsllan.bsky.social is currently at the Istanbul Film Festival. Follow him here on Bluesky and check out his thoughts on the Italian documentary Pompei: Below the Clouds (2025) via our website. 🎬 #istanbulfilmfestival #filmsky #moviesky moremovies.co.uk/pompei-below...

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  • Richard Newby @richardlnewby.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 13, 2025

    I enjoy most of PWSA’s films, without the need to qualify them with vulgar auteurism bs, but this was narratively dull as sin and aesthetically ugly as hell. Hope he doesn’t use virtual production tech for an entire movie again. Whole cast is sleepwalking. His worst since Pompei.

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  • filmlinc.bsky.social @filmlinc.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 2, 2026

    Winner of a Special Jury Prize at the Venice Film Festival, the #NYFF63 selection POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS opens this Friday! 🎟️: filmlinc.org/clouds Gianfranco Rosi's latest details with pointillist precision & unnerving beauty a region in Naples living under the shadow of Mount Vesuvius and above.

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  • Chris Doyon @nilbog3000.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 24, 2024

    Just became obsessed with this extremely DUDES ROCK project that recreated the audio system in Pink Floyd: Live at Pompei movie (later seen in a Beastie Boys video) youtu.be/VAP9UGqsK2g?...

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  • Désespérer @decervelage.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 16, 2026

    I’m surprised at how much I enjoyed Pink Floyd: Live in Pompei. It’s the band, in 1972, performing to an artsy European film-crew in an otherwise empty Roman amphitheatre in Pompeii. Nostalgia evoked by the beauty and elegant force of the Gilmour-Wright songwriting partnership.

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  • Bilge Ebiri @bilgeebiri.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 6, 2026

    Gianfranco Rosi’s mesmerizing and award-winning new film POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS is very much worth your time. www.vulture.com/article/pomp...

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  • filmlinc.bsky.social @filmlinc.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 12, 2026

    🎟️ are now on sale for Gianfranco Rosi's POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS, an #NYFF63 selection opening at FLC on March 6 with the director in-person for a 🎤 Q&A! 🎟️: filmlinc.org/clouds Ticket holders to the 6:15pm screening on March 6 will receive a limited edition printed companion to the film.

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  • Jenny Nicholls @jenster.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 1, 2025

    I was sitting next to a 16-year-old who was asked (not by me!) what she knew about WWII. "That's when they bombed Pompei and shit". I want to see that movie

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  • v e l o c i t y @velocity69.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 11, 2025

    Pink #Floyd performing in Pompei, *1972 Adrian Maben, film director of Pink Floyd Live At Pompeii has passed away.

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  • Terence Fails @aquamantn.bsky.socialBluesky · May 7, 2025

    Good morning, Glenn, everyone! More yardwork ensues. Off to the art house tonight for the Pink Floyd at Pompei movie. Enjoy the day, everyone!

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  • Gabriella Nonino @gabriellanonino.comBluesky · Apr 6, 2026

    Watching Pompei: Below the Clouds by Gianfranco Rosi - filmed in black and white with simple static shots that explore the landscape and daily life below the vulcano. A gem.

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  • Laura Bondía @laurabondia.bsky.socialBluesky · Nov 16, 2025

    An intense day on 10. 9 at the Pordenone Silent Film Festival with Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei, Le Droit à la vie (1917), and The White Heather (1919). The editor, Mr. Kaplan, added us into a photo by Valerio Greco in the logbook: his sweet revenge ❤️ encadenados.org/festivales/4...

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  • Peter Bradshaw @handle.invalidBluesky · Mar 27, 2026

    My review of Pompei: Below The Clouds (dir. Gianfranco Rosi) is up here: www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au... (it premiered at Venice last year and gets its UK release today)

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  • Mrs MoonCakes. @helsmels.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 7, 2026

    Mate…. Yeah… a film about it too, it’s called ‘Live in Pompei’ Yeah. Google it. David Gilmore…. Oi oi oi!

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  • Torontoplex @torontoplex.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2026

    Plus - Masked at the Movies watches A GOOFY MOVIE at Innis, Market Video's Cuba spotlight continues w/ LIVING DANGEROUSLY, Hot Docs visits POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS, PROJECT HAIL MARY previews in 70mm at Varsity and 70mm IMAX at Vaughan, KIKI'S DELIVERY SERVICE continues in IMAX at Cineplex. #toRep

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  • Juggalocalism @outside.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 10, 2025

    All those trashy shows/movies like Pompei and Those about to Die would be so much better if the big reveal at the end is that the main character turns out to be this dude and the entire story is about all the events in his life culminated in this event. Sort of like the 9/11 movie with Pattinson.

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  • derpgently.bsky.social @derpgently.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 18, 2024

    One book: Anathem One film: Dr. Strangelove One album: Pink Floyd, Live at Pompei One TV show: the Expanse

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  • Daniel Allen @danielallen.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 2, 2026

    For Cinematic Sense, I catch up on some 2026 UK releases. My reviews of Paolo Sorrentino's La Grazia, volcanic documentary Pompei: Below The Clouds and the Brendan Fraser-starring Rental Family... cinematicsense.blog/2026/06/02/f...

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  • American Cinematheque @amcinematheque.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 15, 2026

    We’re honored to welcome acclaimed documentary filmmaker Gianfranco Rosi in-person for a retrospective as a centerpiece of ‘This Is Not a Fiction 2026’ in celebration of Rosi’s newest film POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS 🌫️ 4/16 - 4/20: www.americancinematheque.com/series/gianf...

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  • More Cow Bell 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇺🇦 💉💙 @prizepatrol.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 28, 2026

    Just watched Pompei: Below the Clouds (2025) and rated it 3.5 stars on Letterboxd: https://letterboxd.com/prizepatrol/film/pompei-below-the-clouds/ #FilmSky 📽️🎥 Post made with @letterboxdposter.finiteui.com

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  • Torontoplex @torontoplex.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 26, 2026

    Plus - Shakespeare riff SHE'S THE MAN via Hold Up and MINORITY REPORT 16mm at Revue, A CINDERELLA STORY slumber party and Bigelow co-directed THE LOVELESS at Fox, Sciamma's PETITE MAMAN at Alliance Francaise, doc POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS at Power Plant, Canadian Film Fest continues at Scotia. #toRep

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  • Apollo @apollo-magazine.comBluesky · Mar 23, 2026

    In ‘Pompei: Below the Clouds’, Gianfranco Rosi turns the realities of life in the shadow of Vesuvius into pure cinema, writes Sophie Barling

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  • Sonia Ansari @soniaansari.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 15, 2026

    Going to see Pompei: Below The Clouds at the AFS Cinema tomorrow. Manohla Dargis’s review convinced me: “the kind of superb, international movie that often opens only in a few theaters, if we’re lucky, before slipping into the streaming void. If you can catch it in cinemas, though, do”

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  • Note Progressive @noteprogressive.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 27, 2026

    “PINK FLOYD AT POMPEII – MCMLXXII” the film arrives on Blu-Ray 4K Ultra HD #TODAY #27February #pinkfloyd #pompei @pinkfloyd.bsky.social - DETAILS HERE: noteprogressive.horizonsradio.it/2026/01/23/p...

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  • Jennifer Ouellette @jenlucpiquant.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 29, 2026

    ‘Pompei: Below The Clouds’ Trailer: In Gianfranco Rosi’s Award-Winning Film, A Metropolis Shakes In The Shadow Of Mount Vesuvius deadline.com/2026/01/pomp...

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  • maraviglia.bsky.social @maraviglia.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 17, 2025

    I also have the TV series box set and film on DVD. Don't have the Further up Pompei episode that's in this playlist though. Watch it, you'll be inspired!

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  • Halen_SOP 💍🐎✨️ @halenhn93.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 19, 2025

    I'm still thinking about that Pompei-esque scene... It still haunts me. Though this film did annoy me a bit considered they brushed off the destruction of Chentang Pass and her citizens...

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  • Richard H Moon @rmoonhill.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 30, 2025

    I like a big dumb disaster movie but I was worried I wouldn't be able to follow what was going on, since I hadn't seen "Pompei"

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  • Sarah Jenkins @saljenkins.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 8, 2026

    I broke my ankle in three places stepping off a step in the really safe (non-taxing) part of Pompei; every action movie I watch is accompanied by me muttering, “Well, THAT’S a broken ankle right there.” Spoilt all action films for me (and anyone watching with me).

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  • Indietractor @indietractor.bsky.socialBluesky · May 3, 2026

    Film watching diary - 02/05/26 POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS (2025) RED DUST (1932) THE SOUND OF THE SHAKING EARTH (1990)

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  • LizFlyntz @lizflyntz.bsky.socialBluesky · May 2, 2026

    Some belated in-flight movie reviews 2/22/26 Rome to Dulles - Sotho Le Nuvole (2025) - very poetic, slow, sad about time. Pompei and Naples. Gianfranco Rosi. Definitely not one you should watch on a small screen. Alas.

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  • Brent Marchant @Brent_MarchantTMDB reviews · Apr 6, 2026

    Fewer cinematic experiences are more frustrating than movies that fail to live up to expectations. And, regrettably, such is the case with this latest documentary from writer-director Gianfranco Rosi. While the title and billing for this release lead one to believe that it’s a film about the ancient Roman city of Pompeii and the volcanic catastrophe that destroyed it, there’s surprisingly little in this title addressing those subjects squarely on point. Rather, it’s more of a minimalist…

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  • CinemaSerf @Geronimo1967TMDB reviews · Mar 27, 2026

    I shouldn’t have felt misled by the title of this rather dry and repetitive documentary, but I did. Instead of getting something archaeological and historical, I found myself watching something altogether more sociological and anthropic, and I must confess I wasn’t so very interested in that. With Mount Vesuvius making it’s presence felt nearby and with the tectonics beneath them suggesting a degree of planetary indigestion, the good folks of Naples are taking to their phones to ask their…

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  • Peter Cox @losthighwayhotel.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 27, 2026

    Pompei: Below the Clouds review - Vesuvius looms heavily over Naples in Gianfranco Rosi's latest pensive doc thelosthighwayhotel.com/2026/03/27/r...

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  • APGRD (Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama) @apgrd.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 12, 2026

    From our friends at UCL: Experiencing the last days of Pompeii through silent cinema. Sat 9/05/26 8:30pm, Bloomsbury Theatre. A one-off screening of the rarely seen silent epic film Jone o Gli ultimi giorni di Pompei 1913, dir. Giovanni Enrico Vidali. More info: www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

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  • Classical Receptions @crsn-uk.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 9, 2026

    UCL Department of Greek and Latin and the Museum of Dreamworlds will be holding a screening of Giovanni Enrico Vidali's 1913 silent film "Jone o Gli utimi giorni di Pompei" or "The Last Days of Pompeii"! Find out more information and book your tickets below: classicalreception.org/event/experi...

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  • Glenn Charlie Dunks @glenncharliedunks.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 7, 2026

    A short capsule review is now up at reDocumented for Gianfranco Rosi's POMPEI: BELOW THE CLOUDS. Currently screening in Australia through the Europa Europa fest, but also conveniently out this week in the US through Mubi. redocumented.ghost.io/europa-europ...

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  • Andrew Kelly @andrewkelly.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 3, 2026

    ‘Best to see “Pompei: Below the Clouds” on the biggest screen you can, while you can, before the theatres of today become the ruins of tomorrow.’ Hope to include this in a forthcoming Future City Film Festival season on Naples.

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  • Future Of The Force @futureoftheforce.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 2, 2026

    MUBI Unveils The New Trailer And The Streaming Release Date For Pompei: Below The Clouds After screening at the New York Film Festival and the BFI London Film Festival, Gianfranco Rosi’s #PompeiBelowTheClouds debuts a new trailer and streaming date. thefutureoftheforce.com/2026/01/30/m...

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