November

Podcast: FolknHell · Andrew Davidson, Dave Houghton, David Hall

Opublikowano: 2025-10-23

A starving village, a lovesick girl, and a devil with a taste for mischief. This week on Folk ’n’ Hell enters the snow-caked world of November (2017), Rainer Sarnet’s monochrome masterpiece of Estonian folklore and unrequited love. Adapted from Andrus Kivirähk’s novel, it is part fairy tale, part fever dream, and, depending on your tolerance for mud and magic, possibly the most beautiful film ever made about utter poverty. The trio sink their boots into the film’s strange logic and haunting tone. In this medieval village, peasants barter their souls to the devi...