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EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE |
Year: 2010
USA: Oscilloscope Pictures
UK: Icon Film Distribution
Cast: Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Ilmari Jarvenpaa, Per
Christian Ellefsen, Jonathan Hutchings, Tommi Korpela, Peeter Jakobi,
Risto Salmi, Rauno Juvonen
Director: Jalmari Helander
Countries: Finland / Norway / France / Sweden
Language: Finnish (English subtitles)
USA & UK: 82 mins
USA Rated: R
UK Certificate: 15 contains frequent moderate threat
USA Release Date: 3 December 2010 (Limited Release)
UK Release Date: 3 December 2010
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Synopsis
It's the eve of Christmas in northern Finland, and an
'archaeological' dig has just unearthed the real Santa Claus (Per
Christian Ellefsen). But this particular Santa isn't the one you
want coming to town. When the local children begin mysteriously
disappearing, young Pietari (Onni Tommila) and his father Rauno (Jorma
Tommila), a reindeer hunter by trade, capture the mythological
being.
Mistakenly, Pietari and Rauno decide to try and sell Santa to the
misguided leader of the multinational corporation sponsoring the dig
to the wrath of Santa's elves, who 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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