RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE (2010)

JALMARI HELANDER

Comedy Abduction Christmas Films Drama Recommended

Cast

TOMMI KORPELA PER CHRISTIAN ELLEFSEN JORMA TOMMILA JONATHAN HUTCHINGS ONNI TOMMILA RISTO SALMI PEETER JAKOBI RAUNO JUVONEN ILMARI JARVENPAA

Plot

Lapland, December. An American expedition locates the original Santa Claus, buried in an ice-filled mountain. Pietari (Onni Tommila), son of reindeer hunter Rauno (Jorma Tommila), fears that the primal, original, vengeful Santa has been unloosed. If you’re a bah-humbug type looking for an alternative to Santa Claus: The Movie or Miracle On 34th Street, this could be a holiday perennial. May be too strange for normal people, but weird kids will love it. - Kim Newman.