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Wandering in the White

2019 · 28 min

A quiet, tense immersion into whiteout disorientation, where every step is uncertain and the landscape itself becomes the antagonist.

Directed by
Otto Heikola
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Tuomo Peltola, Liisa Peltola, Ole Thomas Baal
Tagline
“We weren't lost. We just hadn't made it there yet.”
Overview
When two former top orienteers end up in a snowstorm in Lapland wilderness, they face an impossible orienteering task: how to reach your destination when you can't tell earth from sky?

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Directed by
Otto Heikola
Genres
Documentary
Starring
Tuomo Peltola, Liisa Peltola, Ole Thomas Baal
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • bleakstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • nature
  • isolation
  • identity
  • fate
Places
  • wilderness
  • countryside
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour1
Realism9
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness5
Complexity4
Emotional weight6

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Details

Genres
documentary
Directed by
Otto Heikola
Written by
Anniina Kauttonen, Otto Heikola
Starring
Tuomo Peltola, Liisa Peltola, Ole Thomas Baal
Cinematography
Otto Heikola
Runtime
28 min
Country
Finland
Languages
English, Finnish

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