A taciturn elderly woman attends her sisters funeral in swedens farnorth lapland and remains strangely remote from the proceedings. Kindred people film festival, estonia rec festival, spain nordic film festival in tel aviv, israel. Be the first to watch, comment, and share indie trailers, clips, and. Director amanda kernells drama movie sami blood is produced by. Sameblod is a 2016 swedish comingofage drama film written and directed by amanda kernell, as her feature film debut.
Not only has this story never been told before, but sami blood is also the first narrative film to feature a primarily sami cast speaking the sami language onscreen. Every once in a while at tiff, theres a filmmaking debut so accomplished, specific, and moving that it heralds the arrival of an important new cinematic voice. An eloquent comingofage drama set in 1930s sweden that revolves around a spellbinding performance by young lene cecilia sparrok. I wanted to make a film where we see the sami society from within, a film where we experience this dark part of swedish colonial history in a physical way. The sami people or lapps are one of the northernmost indigenous groups of europe they are the only indigenous community of scandinavia to be recognized by the indigenous and tribal peoples convention. They were once oppressed and deemed racially inferior, unworthy of education or protection.
Sami blood, di amanda kernell trailer con sottotitoli youtube. Find out where sami blood is streaming, if sami blood is on netflix, and get news and updates, on decider. During the 1930s in sweden, indigenous sami children were systematically removed from their. Director amanda kernell tells the story of ellemarja, a 14yearold girl who is removed from her nomadic, reindeerherding sami family and sent to a special school in 1930s northern sweden. Sami blood features a winning combination of strong central performances. Sami blood waits too long to wrestle with the more permanent effects of the attack on ellemarja, as the second half of the story, in which the girl tries to find a place for herself among. Howeveras the bright rural student pursues a denied education and an opportunity, desirous of integrating herself into the modern swedish societya painful visit by a team of. Watch sami blood, the swedish drama by amanda kernell fandor. Sami blood tells a very familiar story, but the hyperspecificity of its telling renders it a wholly new and quietly profound experience. Trailer for sami blood, which screened at the melbourne international film festival elle marja, 14, is a reindeerbreeding sami girl.
Sami blood 2017 release date south africa movie showtimes. Sami blood tops 2017 s 40th goteborg film fest variety. Sami blood cleveland international film festival march. Sameblod is a declaration of love to those who left and stayed told from elle marjas perspective. The backstory to the film adds a layer of interest. Not only the sami people of who i knew nothing, but the way elle marjas story, writ in pain, defied the reconciliation narrative that is usually the template. The film broaches a littleknown but unfortunately universal subject. Sami blood, the feature debut of writerdirector amanda kernell, is a fascinating take on the familiar genre because of the people it centers on. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture. Sami blood 2017 a teenage girl is taken from her home and family and sent to a state school where indigenous students are converted into acceptable members of swedish society. Jul 16, 2018 in 1930s lapland, the 14yearold indigenous sami girl, elle marja, leaves the wild ancestral grounds and the familys reindeer camp to attend a remote draconian boarding school along with her younger sister, njenna. Sami blood movie, sami blood trailer, sami blood release date. Instead, the director and her cinematographer, sophia olsson. Can you change your life and really become someone else.
Though its title sound like it could be the name of a heavymetal bands lead singer, sami blood is a swedishnorwegiandanish. Sami blood 2017 cast and crew a teenage girl is taken from her home and family and sent to a state school where indigenous students are converted into acceptable members of swedish society. Keenly observed drama about the position of sami the laps in sweden in the 1930s. Sami blood 2017 coming of age in the land of prejudice. Jun 29, 2017 sami blood, the feature debut of writerdirector amanda kernell, is a fascinating take on the familiar genre because of the people it centers on. Check out the new clip starring lene cecilia sparrok and mia erika sparrok. One of the films showing this year is swedens sami blood. Sami blood sameblod begins in the late ninetiesearly 2000s, with the elderly elle marja played with superb intensity by majdoris rimpi returning to her ancestral lapland on the occasion of her sisters death. The first 10 minutes of the film and part of the end comes directly from the short film stoerre vaerie 2015, dir. Apr 22, 2017 sami blood opens theatrically starting friday, may 26 at the film societys st. Lauded swedish filmmaker amanda kernell is back in the hunt for festival glory, thanks to her soontodebut second feature film, charter. Sami blood new zealand international film festival.
It has the feeling of a distant memory one that is neither entirely pleasant nor painful, but persistent. Jun 02, 2017 video archive for the film sami blood, which has a domestic theatrical release in the year of 2017. There elle dreams of education, of a future, only to be faced with racial examinations that class her people as inferior. Sami blood tells the story of a teenage sami girl, elle marja lene cecilia sparrok. Rent sami blood 2017 starring lene cecilia sparrok and mia erika sparrok on dvd and bluray. Dont miss out on watching the 2012 winner for best foreign language film, amour. Swedish filmmaker amanda kernells highly impressive debut feature sami blood sameblod, 2017 depicts such little indignities inflicted on an indigenous girl. Sami blood guarda in streaming in sd hd 4k in ita e eng. Sami blood is the story of her life, a familiar telling placed in a new and fascinating context. A powerful newcomer plays an outcast in sami blood. It has the feeling of a distant memory one that is neither entirely pleasant nor painful, but. Sami blood movie clip examination 2017 movieclips indie duration. Set in the 1930s, it explores the systematic removal of indigenous sami children from their parents, traditional life, and lands through the life of one woman.
The new york times and her sister are torn from their indigenous reindeerherding family and placed in a governmentrun boarding school. Sep 01, 2016 sami blood, shot over the summer, has all the trappings of a classical period piece, but thankfully, the film never feels musty. Sami blood relies so much on the expressive face of its lead actress, the powerful newcomer lene cecilia sparrok, that at times it might as well be wordless. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and race biology examinations at her boarding school she starts dreaming of another life. Sundance stunner sami blood is a revelation runway.
In addition, sophia olsson won the sven nykvist cinematography award for the film. As soon revealed in the films flashback narrative, the woman christina was decades earlier the young ethnic sami girl known as ellemarja sparrok, who abandoned her family and indigenous culture to pass as swedish. Feb 14, 2017 published on feb 14, 2017 elle marja, 14, is a reindeerherding sami girl. Be the first to watch, comment, and share indie trailers, clips, and featurettes.
Dec 19, 2017 sami blood film trailer hd 2017 elle marja lene cecilia sparrok is a 14yearold girl of sami origin, an ethnic minority dedicated to raising reindeer in the extreme north of sweden. Sami blood movie clip examination 2017 movieclips indie. You started with a short film that premiered at sundance in 2015. Scopri dove puoi vedere il film sami blood in streaming legale. Yet the film s basic story and situation are ones that will be familiar to anyone from a land where indigenous peoples have been ruled over and deemed inferior by colonizers.
Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and race biology examinations at her boarding school she starts dreaming of another. The film, the feature debut of amanda kernell, concerns. Excellent story, very rich film with moving scenes, revealing the insensitivity and lack. As soon revealed in the film s flashback narrative, the woman christina was decades earlier the young ethnic sami girl known as ellemarja sparrok, who abandoned her family and indigenous culture to pass as swedish. Find out what is showing at ster kinekor, nu metro and independent cinemas around south africa. Sami blood 2016 katarina blind in sami blood 2016 lene cecilia sparrok in sami blood 2016. Goteborg swedish helmerwriter amanda kernells debut feature sami blood came away a big winner at the 40 th goteborg film festival, scoring the generously endowed approx. This striking comingofage drama, set against the backdrop of racism against sami people, traces.
Scarica sami blood film completo hd 2017 by s2kxbliitz. Sami blood is a beautiful, haunting film, anchored by a startlingly accomplished lead performance. And thats just one of the many reasons why sami swedish writerdirector amanda kernells feature debut sami blood is so revelatory. Amanda kernell s sami blood is an astonishingly accomplished and movie feature debut, which follows an indigenous swedish girl caught between two worlds. A reindeerbreeding sami girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930s at her boarding school. Sami blood swedish helmer amanda kernell makes a stirring debut with a comingofage tale that pointedly addresses a bygone era of scandi colonialism. Her son and granddaughter are baffled by her fierce resistance to the occasion.
With majdoris rimpi, olle sarri, anne biret somby, bo lundmark. Rent sami blood 2017 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix. No film school sat down with kernell to discuss how she managed to cast sami actors given that less than 500 people still speak the language fluently and more. Feb 20, 2018 sami blood, label europa cinemas a venezia 2016, vincitore premio lux 2017, opera prima della regista svedese amanda kernell, al cinema dal 30 novembre. May 30, 2018 the breakout critical discovery of the 2016 venice international film festival, swedishsami filmmaker amanda kernells striking directorial debut is a female comingofage story told with. It has the feeling of a distant memory one that is neither. Elle marja gar pa samisk internatskola med sin lillasyster och ska snart ta over som renskotare i familjen. Told in flashback, sami blood is a beautiful, haunting film, anchored by a startlingly accomplished lead performance. Sami blood is directed by amanda kernell and was released on jun 2nd, 2017. The 2017 seattle international film festival announced its audience award recipients and official competition winners on sunday. A teenage girl from a traditional sami family yearns to be accepted by the swedish society of the 1930s, a society full of prejudice and discrimination against her people. Check out the new trailer starring lene cecilia sparrok, mia erika sparrok, and majdoris rimpi. Jun 01, 2017 sami blood relies so much on the expressive face of its lead actress, the powerful newcomer lene cecilia sparrok, that at times it might as well be wordless. Released june 2nd, 2017, sami blood stars lene cecilia sparrok, mia erika sparrok, majdoris rimpi, julius fleischanderl the movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 48 min, and received a score of out.
When she and her sister are shipped off to a draconian boarding school, the realities of how their culture and people are regarded become painfully clear. Eu human rights film days, turkey peoples festival presence autochtone, canada scandinavian film week, mexico forteca international film festival, montenegro womens international film festival, pakistan 2018. Films chronicling the sufferings of indigenous people and films dealing with selfwilled independent girls girlhood, mustang are nowadays being made with great sense of visual acuity and consequently receiving immense critical praise and interestingly many of these movies are directed by women. March 3, 2017 in the movie sami blood, a 14yearold girl lene cecilia sparrok belonging to the sami people, a scandinavian ethnic minority, is subjected to racism and eugenic scrutiny in the 1930s when she is removed from her family and sent to a staterun school that aims to reeducate her into swedish culture. The film, the feature debut of amanda kernell, concerns scandinavias indigenous sami people, who faced systemic discrimination in sweden in the 1930s. What happened between that film s premiere and the development of this feature film. A reindeerbreeding sami girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930s at her boarding school, starts. But to achieve it, she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and race biology examinations at her boarding school she starts. She is a sami, an indigenous people of sweden who live by herding reindeer. Sami blood is a beautiful, haunting film, anchored by a startlingly. A reindeerbreeding sami girl who is exposed to the racism of the 1930s at her boarding school, starts dreaming of another life. Jun 12, 2017 the director brings this nuanced perspective to sami blood, at once illuminating a troubled history of oppression and wading through the rich waters of identity. This idyllic yet emotionally powerful international coproduction between sweden, denmark, and norway, follows the drama of a lappish woman who gladly left her nomadic family behind, neglecting her origins in favor of the more intellectual and cosmopolitan life she envisioned for herself.
Sami blood mostly reminded me of the wealth of perspectives that cinema still has to show us. A 14yearold girl lene cecilia sparrok belonging to the sami people, a scandinavian. The short, called northern great mountain, was a pilot for the feature, so its a part of the script. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and race biology examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. Andreas kundler and malin crepin in sami blood 2016 sami blood 2016 majdoris rimpi in. In sami blood we see through the eyes of a 14yearold sami girl compellingly played by lene cecilia sparrok how prejudice and racial stereotypes can be gruesome obstacles. In the emotionallycharged sami blood, primarily set in the 1930s, 14yearold elle marja lene cecilia sparrok, a reindeerbreeding girl from the sami lapp community in northern sweden, is forcibly sent to a boarding school by the state in order to learn the swedish language and. There is currently one video available for the film, of which one and only one is a trailer, as listed below. Amanda kernell, the film s writerdirector, is halfsami so shes dealing with a culture shes intimately familiar with. A look at the sami people of scandinavia, through the eyes of a teenage girl who discovers a way to escape her brutal boarding school. The volvo scandinavian film festival is back with the best of nordic cinema.
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