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Reindeerspotting: Escape From Santaland
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Reindeerspotting: Escape From Santaland
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2010
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Reindeerspotting is a documentary film of a group of young guys living in Rovaniemi, Arctic Circle, dabbling in petty crime and hard drugs. One of them, Jani, has lost five years of his life and two fingers to his debotators. He wants to leave Lapland and his old life behind. Robbing a supermarket is a start for his getaway. A few years back a documentarist, Joonas Neuvonen, was a young men living on social welfare, using drugs on daily basis. He started to film his friends and their life. This is the story of Jani.
As tiresome as hanging with high friends when you're sober, all of the action and amusement trapped in their skulls.
– Michael Atkinson,
Village Voice,
7 Jun 2011
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While it never hits the gritty heights of you-are-there junky journalism a la Larry Clark's Tulsa, you still feel as if you've personally toured the abyss.
– David Fear,
Time Out New York,
8 Jun 2011
fresh:
Long after you forget Jani's story, you'll remember the way the snowy landscapes look, and the surreal beauty of a nighttime reindeer race.