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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
Home truths Marijana Janković on Balkan representation, and the immigrant question of belonging
The division belle Suzannah Herbert on facing the US' troubled history and making Natchez
Spin-off alchemy Claude Schmitz on bringing back cop pairing for Conrad & Crab – Idiotic Gems
Past crime Christoffer Boe on creating a world for his period mystery Special Unit - The First Murder
It Was Just An Accident screenwriter arrested in Iran Jafar Panahi speaks out
Sundance announces winners Josephine, Nuisance Bear, Shame And Money and To Hold A Mountain take top prizes
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César nominations Nouvelle Vague leads the race for France's biggest awards
BAFTA nominations One Battle After Another and Sinners almost neck and neck
Golden Eddies Nominations for editing brilliance announced
OFCS Awards One Battle After Another triumphs; Sinners dominates
