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November

2017

Rainer Sarnet

Rea Lest, Jörgen Liik, Arvo Kukumägi, Katariina Unt ...

6.6

613

Fantasy. Drama 'November' is based on Estonian novel 'Rehepapp' by Andrus Kivirähk, a bestseller of the last twenty years. The film is a mixture of magic, black humor and romantic love. The story is set in a pagan Estonian village where werewolves, the plague, and spirits roam. The villagers' main problem is how to survive the cold, dark winter. And, to that aim, nothing is taboo. People steal from each other, from their German manor lords, and from spirits, the devil, and Christ. [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		John DeFore The Hollywood Reporter	"Weird, beautiful and surprisingly affecting (...) Rainer Sarnet's adaptation of an Estonian best-seller is full of folk-tale magic and beautiful B&W photography."
		Jessica Kiang Variety	"Gorgeously shot, deeply strange, hugely atmospheric (...) Unexpectedly funny and scabrously relatable."
		Peter Travers Rolling Stone	"A marvelously strange film (...) Poetic images are abound, monochromatic and mesmerizing, and without sentimental crutches that usually accompany ghost stories (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"
		Diego Semerene Slant	"This gorgeously shot film is an intrepid portrait of an Estonian village (...) The film is most pleasurable precisely when it surrenders itself to the nonsense of dreams (…) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"
		Jeannette Catsoulis The New York Times	"The beauty lies in Mart Taniel’s surreal black-and-white cinematography"
		Sam Weisberg Village Voice	"Above all else, 'November', shot in gorgeous black-and-white by Mart Taniel, is a smorgasbord of deliciously grotesque imagery."

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