Far North 2008

In this brutal land, a stranger threatens their survival.

6.1 / 10   50 vote(s)
R
Drama Thriller Romance Crime

In the arctic, as Saiva is being born, a shaman declares that she is evil and will bring harm to all who become involved with her. Saiva is cast out of her tribe of herders and grows up to live a nomadic existence with Anja, a young woman she adopts as an infant. Then Loki, an injured and starving soldier, stumbles into their isolated lives. The women nurse him back to health, but treachery, violence and doom await them all.

Release Date 2008-10-09
Runtime 1h 29m
Directors Asif Kapadia, Roman Osin, Jack Ravenscroft, Harriet Worth, Mark Hopkins
Producers Bertrand Faivre, Petter J. Borgli, Vincent Gadelle, Hengameh Panahi, Duncan Reid, Peter Touche, Tessa Ross, Christophe Vidal
Writers Tim Miller, Asif Kapadia

Interesting and psychological dark movie in spite of the glacial surrounding.

The isolation feeling is well executed and the cast works quite well.

However, you cannot help feeling that something is missing and could have been done better at the end of the story.

Andres Gomez