The read
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 29m.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb6.1/10
Rotten Tomatoes86%
Critics rate it 25 points higher than audiences do.
56 audience votes
Key crew
- Asif KapadiaDirector
- Asif KapadiaScreenplay
- Dario MarianelliOriginal Music Composer
- Tim MillerScreenplay
Cast
- Michelle YeohSaiva
- Michelle KrusiecAnja
- Sean BeanLoki
- Gary PillaiIvar
- Bjarne ØsterudShaman
- Sven HenriksenIvar's father
- Neeru AgarwalIvar's mother
- Per Egil AskeAndrei
- Espen PrestbakmoBaldy
- Nannan YangCast
Stills
Themes
friendshipisolationtentgirlfriendglacierarctic polar circle regionthiefsurvivalcurseshamanmassacrehunting