
The Volcano
Synopsis
Sam is a young man who has lost his will to live. Nothing can bring him back to his loved ones, and the more time passes, the further he drifts away, approaching oblivion. In the prison of daily life that confines him, only a story he read as a child seems to still hold any meaning.
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