Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale

"This Christmas everyone will believe in Santa Claus"

Director: Jalmari Helander Year: 2010 Runtime: 83 min IMDb: ⭐ 6.2

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Synopsis

Young Pietari lives with his reindeer-herding father in arctic Finland. On the eve of Christmas, a nearby excavation makes a frightening discovery and an evil Santa Claus is unleashed…

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Summary adapted from TMDb and Wikipedia sources.

🎄 Holiday Cheer Breakdown

✅ Takes place on or around a holiday 1 yes / 0 no (100%)
✅ Features holiday symbols and decorations 1 yes / 0 no (100%)
✅ Features a traditional holiday activity 1 yes / 0 no (100%)
✅ Features an iconic holiday character 1 yes / 0 no (100%)
✅ Someone is killed in a festive or holiday-specific way 1 yes / 0 no (100%)

Holiday Cheer Level: 5

Content Warnings

⭐ IMDb Parents Guide 🛡️ Common Sense Media

a dog dies

spoiler No dogs die in this, I'm not sure why someone has clicked yes.

an animal dies

spoiler Many reindeer are shown dead

there's a dead animal

spoiler dead pig is shown being butchered

someone leaves without saying goodbye

Yes

there's child abuse

spoiler It's all about an evil Santa gathering up bad children in sacks and smacking them. The latter is only shown in drawings and it's all in a dark horror-comedy context.

someone is restrained

spoiler The man they believe to be Santa is restrained and suspended from the ceiling.

there's torture

Yes

heads get squashed

spoiler Not squashed per se but someone takes a pickaxe to the back of the head.

a kid dies

Yes

someone dies

Yes

someone sacrifices themselves

Yes

a parent dies

spoiler Not on screen, but the main character's mom is absent and inferred to be dead.

someone is kidnapped

spoiler Kids being taken away in sacks by an evil Santa figure is a main element of the plot.

there are jump scares

Yes

there are shower scenes

Yes

there's a mental institution scene

spoiler Not as such, but the training center may evoke a mental institution to some

there is obscene language/gestures

Yes

there are nude scenes

Yes

the ending is sad

Yes

Santa (et al) is spoiled

spoiler In the very beginning

there's blood/gore

Yes

there's gun violence

Yes

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