Sauna

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NR,1hr 23min

Genres:

Horror,Drama

Released:

September 20, 2008

Distributor:

IFC Films

Starring:

Ville Virtanen, Tommi Eronen, Viktor Klimenko ... More

Synopsis: Jade Warrior director Antti-Jussi Annila crafts this transcendentalist shocker set in 1595, and following two brothers as they descend into a world where there is no such thing as salvation. Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia have just reached an uneasy truce. In the wake of their fighting, Finland has become a wasteland. Conquered Finnish brothers Knut and Erik are polar opposites; one is a hardened warrior whose mind has been twisted by the horrors of war, the other is a gentle scientist with ... Full Synopsis

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	Jason Buchanan, AMG Review You don't have to have a college degree to be spooked by Sauna -- an unapologetically deliberate period horror drama from Jade Warrior director Antti-Jussi Annila -- but it might help to at least be a history major. Instilled with an unsettling air of creeping dread, Sauna is set in the immediate aftermath of an extended 16th century war between Finland and Russia, as emissaries from both sides set ... Read Review