A plane stops at a Pacific island to drop a priest. It also carries three convicts in it, who must therefore stay overnight on the island. They are recruited next morning by the old priest (who is being replaced by the newcoming one) to work on a lepers clinic. Everything goes fine (well, not really) until the local volcano starts erupting.
Religious propaganda which is anachronistic even for the time of its release. Despite its ideological content, the film is watchable, and may be read as an allegory for sexual repression (the scene where the old priest nearly chokes a convict to death may be said to anticipate the eruption). The film is also an early example of the trend which postulates that new terms revoke the negative connotations of old ones (here, Hansen's disease replacing leprosy), an aspect which is perhaps metaphorically represented in the new priest replacing the old one.
Rating: 39
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