Raptures (2025)

Original title

Valitut

Directed by

Jon Blåhed

Genre

drama film, thriller film, historical film

Country

Sweden, Finland

Runtime

1h 49m

Rated

K-16

Rating

5.5 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1930s Sweden, a religious revival movement emerges in the Torne Valley. The film follows people drawn to this faith and the tensions it creates in their community. Their story is told mostly in the Meänkieli language.

thoughtfulintimatehistoricalmeditativegroundedsolemnslow-burnatmosphericquietly intense

What happens

Raptures (Meänkieli: Liikheitä; Swedish: Rörelser; Finnish: Valitut) is a 2025 Swedish-Finnish drama film directed by Jon Blåhed. The film is based on the Korpela movement, a religious revival movement that arose in the Torne Valley during the 1930s: Most of the dialogue is in Meänkieli, a Finnic minority language. It is the first feature film ever released in Meänkieli. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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