Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland

Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland

84 mins | Documentary | April 9, 2010

Reindeerspotting is a documentary film of a group of young guys living in Rovaniemi, Arctic Circle, dabbling in petty crime and hard drugs. One of them, Jani, has lost five years of his life and two fingers to his debotators. He wants to leave Lapland and his old life behind. Robbing a supermarket is a start for his getaway. A few years back a documentarist, Joonas Neuvonen, was a young men living on social welfare, using drugs on daily basis. He started to film his friends and their life. This is the story of Jani.

Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland

84 mins | Documentary | April 9, 2010

Reindeerspotting: Escape from Santaland
Reindeerspotting is a documentary film of a group of young guys living in Rovaniemi, Arctic Circle, dabbling in petty crime and hard drugs. One of them, Jani, has lost five years of his life and two fingers to his debotators. He wants to leave Lapland and his old life behind. Robbing a supermarket is a start for his getaway. A few years back a documentarist, Joonas Neuvonen, was a young men living on social welfare, using drugs on daily basis. He started to film his friends and their life. This is the story of Jani.
IMDb rating 7.4
Producers Bronson Club Oy
Original title Reindeerspotting – pako Joulumaasta
Directors Joonas Neuvonen
Writers Sadri Cetinkaya, Venla Varha, Joonas Neuvonen

Cast

Jani Raappana

as Self