November

2017
1h 55m

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

6.6K

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Rea Lest and Jette Loona Hermanis in November (2017)

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Folk Horror Drama Fantasy Horror Romance

In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.In a poor Estonian village, a group of peasants use magic and folk remedies to survive the winter, and a young woman tries to get a young man to love her.

Director
- Rainer Sarnet
Writers
- Andrus Kivirähk
- Rainer Sarnet
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

IMDb RATING

7.1/10

6.6K

YOUR RATING

Director
- Rainer Sarnet
Writers
- Andrus Kivirähk
- Rainer Sarnet
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 25 wins & 7 nominations total

Videos2

Trailer 2:30

November

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November - Official U.S. Trailer

Trailer 2:29

November - Official U.S. Trailer

Photos55

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Trivia
Despite Estonia being ruled by Germanic nobles, Estonia was part of the Russian empire at the time (as Germanic nobles still controlled much of Estonia under Russian control). This puts the date somewhere between 1720-1900. Neither Russia nor Germany clamped down on pagan beliefs until well into the late 19th century, making Estonia one of the last pagan states in Europe. Due to the Soviet's policy of forced atheism in the early 1900s, Estonia remained secular for many years, leaving it as one of the least religious countries in the world as of the 21st century.

Quotes
Witch: [as 'Minna'] I was ready to eat poison toad when you courted another girl.

Connections
Featured in Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror (2021)

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Featured review

10/10

"Here two lovers sat in silence... and it was beautiful."

"November" is a beautiful, poetic, darkly comedic, fantastical, tragic love story that will absolutely dazzle arthouse audiences (and probably no one else). The film was made in Estonia, shot in stark black and white, and the script features encounters with the dead and the devil, bargains with witches, bullets made of sacramental bread, magic spells, hidden treasure, a bewitched Baroness, a literal personification of pestilence, an omniscient snowman, and tools that are bewitched into creatures that speak and work. The film has many scenes where there's very little dialogue, and the viewer is forced to often forced to piece together what it is that is happening, or, if what is happening is completely real or metaphorical. "November" is a fantasy masterpiece on par with many of the films that Guillermo Del Toro ("Shape of Water") and Terry Gilliam ("Brazil") have put out.