Sauna

Sauna (2008)

Genres - Horror, War, Historical Film, Spirituality & Philosophy, Thriller  |   Sub-Genres - Supernatural Horror  |   Release Date - Mar 24, 2009 (USA - Limited)  |   Run Time - 85 min.  |   Countries - Finland  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Jason Buchanan

Jade Warrior director Antti-Jussi Annila crafts this transcendentalist shocker set in 1595, and following two brothers as they descend into a world where there is no such thing as salvation. Protestant Sweden and Orthodox Russia have just reached an uneasy truce. In the wake of their fighting, Finland has become a wasteland. Conquered Finnish brothers Knut and Eerik are polar opposites; one is a hardened warrior whose mind has been twisted by the horrors of war, the other is a gentle scientist with no use for fighting. Both have been assigned the task of denoting the new border between Finland and Russia, though they're about to commit a sin that will haunt them both for the rest of their days. After leaving a young girl to die an excruciating death, Knut and Erik forge ahead into an uncharted swamp, eventually reaching an unmapped town where their mere presence awakens a force of unspeakable evil. The girl has returned to haunt them, a horror that both brothers attempt to escape by washing away their sins in a mysterious sauna. But this sauna holds a terrifying secret, and in this godforsaken land there is no mercy for men who would permit such atrocities to be committed against a mere innocent.

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anxiety, border [geographic], demon, Finland, Russia, wasteland