Female Film Critics 24/375
Tradition goes head to head with progress — or at least inevitable change — in Norwegian writer/director Sara Margrethe Oskal’s intimate debut feature The Tundra Within Me. As it follows a feminist artist (Risten Anine Kvernmo Gaup) who returns to her remote far-north Sami homeland with her young son after many years in the city, the film examines the ways in which dearly held cultural traditions can be both empowering and stifling.
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Norwegian writer/director Sara Margrethe Oskal’s debut feature, The Tundra Within Me, is a tender love story set in Sápmi, the Northern Scandinavia region occupied by the Sámi (aka Lapps), an indigenous people who’ve struggled for centuries to sustain their cultural independence and traditional way of life as reindeer herders. The narrative and characters of The Tundra Within Me are richly steeped in Sámi culture and tradition. All of the performances are beautifully authentic and create great empathy. The cinematography of the icy winter tundra is gorgeous. This cinematic adventure into the feminism of another culture is richly rewarding.
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