SummaryIn this tale of love and survival in 19th century Estonia, peasant girl Liina longs for village boy Hans, but Hans is inexplicably infatuated by the visiting German baroness that possesses all that he longs for. For Liina, winning Hans’ requited love proves incredibly complicated in this dark, harsh landscape where spirits, werewolves, plagues, a... Read More
Directed By:Rainer Sarnet
Written By:Andrus Kivirähk, Rainer Sarnet
November
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Apr 11, 2018
88
Sarnet elevates his Rabelaisian folktale into a tragedy illustrated by haunting, metaphorical imagery.
Feb 21, 2018
83
Sarnet orchestrates authentic horror through a supernatural filter wherein beautiful black and white cinematography can immortalize abject despair.
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Mar 18, 2018
10
November is an usual telling of a folk tale. Clearly, much thought went into the look of the cast, but the movie stands apart as an amazing work of cinematography.
Oct 10, 2019
8
This film is a fairy tale with the training wheels taken off. It's essentially a story of unrequited love, but it's packed with witches, werewolves, ghosts, plagues, curses, and deals with the devil. The visual imagery and cinematography are stunning, and it will constantly surprise you. Only gripe: It's maybe about 15 minutes longer than it needs to be and drags slightly near the end.
Mar 1, 2018
80
This folk tale braids together the primordial and the divine in endlessly surprising ways.
Feb 19, 2018
80
It’s having the ordinary in such close proximity to the outlandish that makes November so uncanny. And it’s rooting the bizarre behaviors of its characters in such understandable motivations (usually greed) that makes it so unexpectedly funny and scabrously relatable.
Feb 19, 2018
80
Though the emotional pull of this love triangle grows more compelling in the second half, for much of its running time November prefers to beguile us with the strangeness of its setting and characters.
Feb 21, 2018
75
Rainer Sarnet is as invested in telling a convoluted story that feels rooted in millennia-old folklore as he is in unabashedly experimenting with form and style for the sake of visual pleasure alone.
Feb 22, 2018
70
Suffused with sorcery and silvery light, November, written and directed by Rainer Sarnet, is a bizarre Estonian love story — a mishmash of folklore, farm animals and scabrous fun — in which beauty and ugliness fight to the death.
Jun 30, 2018
7
It's definitely a film that feels strange, bizarre and vastly educated by Béla Tarr's visual manual and although in the end its story doesn't end up being crucial to its performance, November is an excellent and beautiful appreciation of what can be reach with a visual narrative. Believe me when I say this film looks spectacular.
Production Company:
- Homeless Bob Production
- PRPL
- Opus Film
- Eesti Filmi Sihtasutus
- Eesti Kultuurkapital
- Nederlands Filmfonds
- Netherlands Film Production Incentive
- Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej
Release Date:Feb 23, 2018
Duration:1 h 55 m
Awards
Estonian Film and TV Awards (EFTA)
• 9 Wins & 11 Nominations
Minsk International Film Festival “Listapad”
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
New Mexico Film Critics
• 3 Wins & 3 Nominations
