Tuesday, November 30, 2010

Rare Exports (2010)

Opening December 3rd, 2010 in New York and December 10th, 2010 in LA is a Finnish import called Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale which tells a twisted version of the legend of Santa Claus. The film is directed by Jalmari Helander and stars Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Ilmari Jarvenpaa and Per Christian Ellefsen.



Synopsis from Oscilloscope.Net

It's the eve of Christmas in northern Finland, and an 'archeological' dig has just unearthed the real Santa Claus. But this particular Santa isn't the one you want coming to town. When the local children begin mysteriously disappearing, young Pietari and his father Rauno, a reindeer hunter by trade, capture the mythological being and attempt to sell Santa to the misguided leader of the multinational corporation sponsoring the dig. Santa's elves, however, will stop at nothing to free their fearless leader from captivity. What ensues is a wildly humorous nightmare – a fantastically bizarre polemic on modern day morality.

RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE is a re-imagining of the most classic of all childhood fantasies, and is a darkly comic gem soon to be required perennial holiday viewing.

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