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Young Pietari lives with his stern reindeer-herding father Rauno in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, an enormous excavation at a nearby mountain disturbs the locals and captures Pietari's curiosity. When Rauno's raindeer herd is mysteriously slain and the children in town go missing, Pietari realizes that the dig has unearthed the evil Santa Claus of local lore - who no one wants coming to town. Pietari's father rounds up a posse and captures the nightmarish creature in an attempt to sell him to the misguided leader sponsoring the dig. But Santa's freakish elves will stop at nothing to free their fearless leader, and what ensues is a fantastically bizarre holiday adventure testing the bond of father and son and pitting man against mythology. RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE is a wildly original re-imagining of the most classic of all childhood fantasies and a darkly comic gem destined for perennial holiday viewing.

Sales Points

• OFFICIAL SELECTION - TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL
• WINNER - LOCARNO FILM FESTIVAL - PIAZZA GRANDE AWARD
• WINNER - SITGES FILM FESTIVAL - BEST FILM, DIRECTOR

Press Quotes

I demand that every man, woman, and child of every nationality see the spectacular, glowing tribute to Santa Claus known as RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE.

     —Ain’t It Cool News

Helander's direction recalls early Spielberg, resembles Jean-Pierre Jeunet's whimsies, with black comedy that evokes Joe Dante's work.

     —Slant Magazine

Deliciously creepy. Alongside GREMLINS and THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, this audacious and unashamedly silly gift is an anti-holiday cult classic in the making.

     —Village Voice