2008 · drama · thriller · romance
Far North
Directed by Asif Kapadia1h 29m2008
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.
Our read: Far North (2008) reads as a heavy, measured, inventive drama · thriller · romance entry — extreme in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook.
Heavy, measured, extreme drama / thriller, inventive in texture. Nihilistic, intimate, cold.
- heavy
- measured
- intense
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
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