The White Reindeer
Directed by Erik Blomberg
A newly-married young woman, Pirita, becomes frustrated and lonely as her husband, a reindeer herder for a small Arctic village, spends much of his time away from home in devotion to his work. Desperate for affection, she visits a shaman who offers a potion that makes her an irresistible object of desire, but there is a terrible cost. Pirita becomes a bloodthirsty shapeshifter who lures men out into the barren wilderness where she consumes them
A newly-married young woman becomes frustrated and lonely as her husband, a reindeer herder for a small Arctic village, spends much of his time away from home in devotion to his work.
Cast: Mirjami Kuosmanen, Kalervo Nissilä, Åke Lindman
Member Reviews
It achieves a lot with very little, and I enjoyed the atmosphere and dark undercurrent. The only thing that put me off was the overbearing, unrelenting soundtrack, which besides being totally inconsistent, was simply distracting and unnecessary. Otherwise, deeply rich and satisfying.
Beautiful, unique movie with some truly haunting images. Slightly undercut by the fact that reindeer are very goofy-looking when they run
Yep, she's a reindeer.
If Ingmar Bergmann had made a Were-Reindeer film. . . . . . . . . Of course there are criticisms that can be made in relation to plot & execution if you disregard the fact that this is a low budget Suomi film made in 1952,but it is undeniably visually appealing & quite mesmeric, I'm still thinking about it & can't avoid the fact I WILL be watching it again at some point,probably next yule.
An extraordinary film consisting of folklore, dramatic compositions and scenery of the Arctic wilderness.