Rare Exports

      Rare exports is a movie that was from Sweden about the secret behind Santa Claus. It is about a group of people living on a mountain and the mystery behind the excavation less then a couple miles from their homes. After the digging is done, weird things start happening around the town. All the reindeer mysteriously start dying. Children start disappearing as well. When one of these elves is caught in a trap, and information from the children who explored the excavation, the town slowly understands what is going on. A plan is created to trap the elves and blow up Santa in order to get the town back to normal. The house that Santa is in is blown up and the elves are then destroyed. I like this film because while it is fantasy, I think that it’s a message for kids to behave. Showing Santa able to hear children and immediately face consequences for their actions made them think twice even about cursing to their friends. This movie while fantasy, I enjoyed a lot and was definitely one of my favorites from the class. One thing pointed out that I didn’t understand was that it was all men. Doing some research on this question, I was unable to find anything at all and have determined it was probably a fluke with this film. I would like to explore some other movies from this country and see if there is any relevance with only men being shown on the screen.