Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (2023)

Original title

Savvusanna sõsarad

Directed by

Anna Hints

Genre

documentary film

Country

Estonia

Runtime

1h 29m

Rated

18+

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 48 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows a group of women in Estonia who gather in a smoke sauna together. They talk about their lives and share personal stories while cleansing themselves.

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What happens

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood (Võro: Savvusanna sõsarad, lit. 'Sisters of the smoke sauna') is a 2023 documentary film written and directed by Anna Hints in her feature directorial debut. It is about a group of women who gather in a smoke sauna where they clean the dirt from their ashamed and aching bodies. It was selected as the Estonian entry for the Best International Feature Film at the 96th Academy Awards. It is a co-production between Estonia, France and Iceland. Smoke Sauna Sisterhood had its world premiere at the Sundance Film Festival on 22 January 2023, where it competed in the World Cinema Documentary Competition and won the Directing Award at the World Cinema Documentary Competition. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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