Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (Cult Fiction)

Classics Before Christmas / Cult Fiction

Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

Finlande-Norvège-France-Suède 2010 | Jalmari Helander | vostEN | 84’ | digital | Cast : Jorma Tommila, Peeter Jakobi, Onni Tommila

On Christmas Eve in Finland, Santa Claus is unearthed in an archaeological dig. Soon after, children start disappearing, leading a boy and his father to capture Santa. They hope to sell him back to the corporation that sponsored the dig. And then there's Santa's elves, who are determined to free their leader…

« The focus of this bizarre Finnish fairy tale - as black as anything the Brothers Grimm could have dreamed up - is a sinister old codger who chews off ears and whose demon minion kidnaps innocent children. Ho ho no! » (The New York Times)