White Reindeer, The
White Reindeer, The
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This Finnish arthouse horror film was entered in competition at the 1953 Cannes Film Festival, and earned the Jean Cocteau-led jury special award for Best Fairy Tale Film. The plot is based on pre-Christian Finnish mythology and Sami shamanism, in which a reindeer herder marries a young woman, but is always away for work. In an effort to alleviate her loneliness and ignite marital passion, she visits the local shaman, who indeed helps her out; but in the process turns her into a shapeshifting, vampiric white reindeer. Erik Blomberg--Finland--1952--74 mins.

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