Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland (2010)
- Original title
- Reindeerspotting – pako Joulumaasta
- Directed by
- Joonas Neuvonen
- Genre
- documentary film
- Country
- Finland
- Runtime
- 1h 24m
- Rated
- K18
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 49 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This Finnish documentary follows drug users living in Rovaniemi, the hometown of Santa Claus. It shows their daily struggles with addiction and attempts to escape their circumstances.
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What happens
Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland (Finnish: Reindeerspotting: pako Joulumaasta) is a Finnish documentary film about drug abusers in Rovaniemi, Finland. It was directed by Joonas Neuvonen and produced by Jesse Fryckman and Oskari Huttu. The first screening of the film was in Tampere, April 2010, Finland. The name of the movie is a direct allusion to the 1996 British drama film Trainspotting that treated the same theme from a Scottish point of view. The film was shown outside of Finland for the first time in Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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