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November
In a pagan Estonian village where shepherds, plague and spirits roam. The main problem for these villagers is how to survive the dark, cold winter. For this reason, theft is the primary source of success, stealing all of them, even those evil spirits and princes. It seems that theft is the only concern that makes them creatures unbearable.
17 February 1942, Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
July 7, 1974 in Tallinn, Estonia
April 10, 2018
If Canada's Guy Maddin collaborated with Czech stop motion animator Jan vankmajer using an abandoned location from a Bela Tarr film, the result might be something like this strange (and often strangely humorous) gothic fairy tale.February 26, 2018
November is all-caps CRAZY in the best, funniest, most exhilarating way possible. A mere description cannot, I recognize, do its out-there-ness true justice.February 23, 2018
November never stops being a visual trip.February 23, 2018
Even if you can't always follow what's going on, this genre-mixing oddity from Estonia remains visually entrancing throughout.May 21, 2018
A fairy tale, a cautionary tale, a magical dreamland, a dark comedy, a feverish yet cold nightmare.February 26, 2018
This year's Estonian submission for the Best Foreign Language Oscar is gorgeous, but somewhat impenetrable for the unfamiliar.March 15, 2018
November is one of those films you can enjoy staring at from a perspective of visual-arts appreciation, even if the story gets thin (and it definitely does).February 28, 2018
A brilliant and dark fairy tale that will undoubtedly delight the most daring palates. [Full review in Spanish]February 22, 2018
The movie's central story, a tortured-love triangle, is slight. But the context is fascinating and the visual style bewitching.March 01, 2018
Sarnet's earthbound fairy tale occupies a dreamscape somewhere between the teeming canvases of Brueghel and the existential agonies of Bela Tarr's films. And it's funny, with a sly salaciousness all its own.April 12, 2018
Sarnet elevates his Rabelaisian folktale into a tragedy illustrated by haunting, metaphorical imagery.February 24, 2018
This midnight-movie classic in the making uses ancient Estonian folk tales to create something shockingly unexpected. Both gravely serious and demonically funny, it's meant to knock audiences off balance. Mission accomplished.