A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness

DocumentaryMusic

2013, Movie, 1h 39min

A man at three disparate moments in his life: as a member of a fifteen-person collective on a small Estonian island, alone in the wilderness of Northern Finland and as the singer of a neo-pagan black metal band in Norway. Three moments for a radical proposition for the creation of utopia in the present.

"A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness" — documentary and music movie produced in France, Estonia and Germany and released in 2013. It has a good rating on IMDb: 6.2 stars out of 10. It is a feature-length film with a runtime of 1h 39min. "A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness" is not currently available to stream in Singapore. Save it and we'll notify you when it's available! Make sure to turn on push notifications as well.

Country: France,Estonia,Germany

Directors:

Ben Rivers,

Ben Russell

Cast:

Robert Aiki Aubrey Lowe

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6.2

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6.0

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Critic Patrick Peters

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As a rumination on existence, this never gets as deep or as insightful as it wants to.

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Critic Peter Bradshaw

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...a creative exploration of stasis, and a cine-sonata of silence and solitude.

Read full review at The Guardian

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"A Spell to Ward Off the Darkness" is a documentary-music hybrid that follows an unnamed character through three pivotal moments in his life. The film takes us on a journey to a small Estonian island, where the protagonist is part of a 15-person collective, then to the majestic wilderness of Northern Finland, where he isolates himself, and finally to Norway, where he performs as the singer and guitarist of a black metal band. The film is marked by themes of loneliness, beauty, and optimism, and blurs the lines between fiction and non-fiction to create an immersive and transformative experience for the viewer.

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