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Sami Blood

2017 · 110 min

A quiet, aching coming-of-age story that lingers in the shame and resolve of a girl choosing to erase herself.

Overview: Elle Marja, 14, is a reindeer-breeding Sami girl. Exposed to the racism of the 1930s and phrenological examinations at her boarding school, she starts dreaming of another life. To achieve this other life she has to become someone else and break all ties with her family and culture.
How it feels: Melancholic, bleak, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and demanding.
About: Identity, race, family, coming-of-age
Content: Mild violence, sexual content and language. No gore.
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Tone: melancholicstrength 3 of 3
bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
race
family
coming-of-age
betrayal
Places: school
small town
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild