Valkoinen peura (The White Reindeer) 1952 Ages 15+
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When
6.00pm, Fri 2 Feb 2024 (75 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
About
This supernatural fairy tale set in the icy wilderness of Finnish Lapland follows lonely newlywed Pirita (Mirjami Kuosmanen). Consulting a shaman to draw her hard-working reindeer-herder husband to spend more time with her at home, Pirita’s wish backfires, transforming her into a vampiric shapeshifter destined to lure men to their deaths. Taking inspiration from the folklore and beliefs of the Sámi people, this stark folk-horror masterpiece draws on both avant-garde and documentary film techniques to highlight gender and societal inequality through the trope of animal transformation.
The White Reindeer will screen from an imported 35mm print.
Ages 15+ | Contains mild level violence and adult themes
Production Credits
- Director: Erik Blomberg
- Script: Erik Blomberg, Mirjami Kuosmanen
- Cinematographer: Erik Blomberg
- Editor: Erik Blomberg
- Cast: Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissila, Ake Lindman
- Costume Designer: Mirjami Kuosmanen
- Production Designer: Osmo Osva
- Print Source: National Audiovisual Institute – Kavi, Helsinki
- Rights: National Audiovisual Institute – Kavi, Helsinki
- Year: 1952
- Runtime: 74 minutes
- Country: Finland
- Language: Finnish
- Subtitles: English
- Colour: Black & White
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm