Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)
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Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

Genre
Adventure, Fantasy
Release Date
December 03, 2010
Studio
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Official Site
http://www.rareexportsmovie.com/en
Genre
Adventure, Fantasy
Release Date
December 03, 2010
MPAA Rating
R
Duration
100 minute(s)
Production Budget
-
Studio
Oscilloscope Laboratories
Official Site
http://www.rareexportsmovie.com/en
Director
Jalmari Helander
Producer
Anna Bjork, Francois-Xavier Frantz, Petri Jokiranta
Screenwriter
Jalmari Helander
Starring
  • Tommi Korpela
  • Per Christian Ellefsen
  • Jorma Tommila
  • Jonathan Hutchings
  • Peeter Jakobi
  • Onni Tommila
  • Rauno Juvonen
  • Ilmari Jarvenpaa

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 all the local children begin mysteriously disappearing, young Pietari and his father Rauno, 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 all childhood fantasies, and is a darkly comic gem soon to be required perennial holiday viewing.