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A mysterious excavation awakens something sinister in the vicinity of an isolated northern Finnish settlement.
After a solitary prospector strikes gold in the wilderness of Lapland, he runs into a retreating detachment of Nazi soldiers who set their sights on claiming the bounty. Unfortunately for the stormtroopers, this is no ordinary miner.
Returning to the house where his family was brutally murdered during the war, “the man who refuses to die” dismantles it, loads it on a truck, and is determined to rebuild it somewhere safe in their honour. When the Red Army commander who killed his family comes back hellbent on finishing the job, a relentless cross-country chase ensues
Truth and lies Sean Hogan on true crime documentaries, unknowable characters and The Dark Gets In
A walking contradiction Sinéad O'Shea on James 'Fergie' Chambers Jr and All About The Money
Unconventional families Milcho Manchevski on being blacklisted and making Sister Brother Manhole Cover
Expecting the unexpected Jordan Mark Windsor and Sean Wallace on Mum, I’m Alien Pregnant
Celluloid vampire Arthur Harari on Léa Seydoux, the mystery of ideas, and The Unknown
Patrick Stewart dies X-men and Star Trek actor was 86
Awards season kicks off with the Gothams Full set of nominations announced
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Sundance Announces Legacy line-up of archive films
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French Film Festival UK Programme announced
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