# Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (2010)

> A Finnish boy and his father turn a buried Christmas nightmare into a deadpan battle for survival beneath the Arctic snow.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/32397

## Facts

- Runtime: 83 min
- Genres: Fantasy, Horror
- Director: Jalmari Helander
- Cast: Onni Tommila, Jorma Tommila, Tommi Korpela, Rauno Juvonen, Per Christian Ellefsen, Ilmari Järvenpää, Peeter Jakobi, Jonathan Hutchings
- TMDB rating: 6.2/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1401143/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: brutal
- Mood: deadpan, eerie, blackly comic, christmas eve, holiday horror night

## Synopsis

A chilling twist on holiday cheer where Santa isn't the jolly figure we expect.

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