Finnish Christmas Moviegoing!
Festooned with holly, our friend Ville Video came down the chimney and gave us this:
HEY SUOMALAISET & FRIENDS: "'Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale,' by Jalmari Helander will be shown at the Shattuck Cinema, 2230 Shattuck Ave. (at Kittredge) in Berkeley for one week starting on December 17. Landmark's publicity blurb follows:
"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 (Onni Tommila) and his father Rauno (Jorma Tommila), 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 childhood fantasies, and is a darkly comic gem soon to be required holiday viewing. Written and directed by Jalmari Helander. (Finland/Norway/France/Sweden, 2010)."
Sounds like a winner. Check it out. Consult local theatre listings for showtimes. Further info: www.oscilloscope.net.
-- Harry
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