Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
SMOKE SAUNA SISTERHOOD
Synopsis
In southeast Estonia, in a traditional smoke sauna, a group of women from the Võro community come together to cleanse their bodies and share their stories. In observing sauna rituals, these women create space for each other as they each regain the strength they need to face the world outside.
Synopsis
In southeast Estonia, in a traditional smoke sauna, a group of women from the Võro community come together to cleanse their bodies and share their stories. In observing sauna rituals, these women create space for each other as they each regain the strength they need to face the world outside.
Our take
Winner of an award for nonfiction filmmaking at Sundance, documentarian Anna Hints takes us to the frosty heart of an Estonian forest, where women open up to one another in the herbaceous heat of a smoke sauna. Suffused with naked emotion, this glistening film invigorates the senses and the soul.