It’s been 10 months since we last heard about Antti-Jussi Annila’s SAUNA. That’s nearly a year! Don’t you love it when these intriguing flicks catch our attention then disappear for a year?
Well I’ve got some great news for you today if SAUNA caught your eye as well. Variety are reporting today that IFC Entertainement have just scored US rights to SAUNA! So we’ll be seeing this bad boy sooner rather than later!
Apparently the film will hit IFC’s Festival Direct video-on-demand platform. It’s seen time at both the Toronto film festival as well as Sitges. Well there you have it! Hopefully we’ll have some dates for you all soon. In the meantime, check out the twisted flick’s synopsis:
A cruel horror film bathing in the Finnish sauna culture, in the no-zone between Christianity and paganism. A story of two brothers, who leave a young girl to die and become haunted by her, as she follows them in supernatural form, her face pouring with endless filth. The brothers escape with a commission marking the border between Russia and Finland to a Russian-Orthodox village. In there they find a sauna – The sauna where all sins are washed away. Seeking for forgiveness, the brothers step into the sauna…
SAUNA is a horror film about sins, repentance and forgiveness. The story leads us into the core of darkness, where there is no forgiveness, no hope, no salvation.
Iiro Küttner penned the script with Tommi Eronen and Ville Virtanen starring. Keep it here for any more updates on SAUNA.
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