Get ready for ski season, with some authentic skiing from Lapland, and a recreation of various nomadic legends, in this movie which was nominated for an academy award for Best Foreign Film.
The film was written and directed by Nils Gaup, who based the story on a Sami legend with variants in a number of Scandinavian folklores. Gaup said he heard the story from his grandfather, who was in turn told the story by a traditional storyteller.[3] Gaup wove the story around the core of the legend, and introduced details such as shamanic initiation rite and a romantic element with the character Sahve. The film was set in the pre-Christian era in the region depicting the worldview of the Sami people.
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