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Opened To An Empty Theater?

posted 14 years ago by ena_simons
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I've only recently stumbled upon the story where the director, producer and lead actor showed up to the 'grand opening' of 'Sauna' in a small Finnish town and not one person showed up!
Initially I was felling really sorry for these guys and one of the best movies I've seen last year, but it really got me wondering what country are 'Sauna' fans from? Maybe this was just a random city in Finland and it meant nothing to the general reception of this movie in the country, but I would like to see where are people who really liked the movie from?

Too weird to live, to rare to die!

[–] mihajlo321 14 years ago

I'm Serbian and live in Canada.

[–] ena_simons 14 years ago

I'm Serbian, too.. what are the odds? :)

Too weird to live, to rare to die!

[–] BenAkiba 14 years ago

Serbian , from Serbia believe it or not :)

[–] ena_simons 14 years ago

Cool, we seem to really like this movie :)

Too weird to live, to rare to die!

[–] gaiolouvo-imdb 14 years ago

I don't mean to break the serbian chain or anything, but I'm brazilian and my mind is still numb from watching this, especially because I've lived in finland and therefore expected (poor simple minded me) to "get it" simply for that

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[–] Snurreleif 14 years ago

I'm Norwegian, and I'm glad to see that there are still very good nordic movies out there.

I think this "horror"-movie is too much to swallow for the easy-going cinemagoer though, this is more a movie for those that really loves watching movies that expects something from the viewer, and doesnt just try to entertain.

[–] byebyesanity511 14 years ago

US. I thrive on foreign movies =)

[–] player3 14 years ago

Norwegian.

[–] pawful 14 years ago

I'm from new zealand

[–] UberNoodle 14 years ago

OP, check the population of Finland, and you might get your answer. It's an arthouse film. Not a crowd pleaser.

[–] horrorinpureform 13 years ago

I'm Bulgarian, living in Canada, and liking this film.

[–] Ralf A. 13 years ago

I´m German.

[–] jonschaper 13 years ago

I'm Canadian and live in Australia. My wife (Australian) loved it too.

[–] twelvepointnine 13 years ago

A Dutch person living in Germany tipped off by a Colombian.

Chaos reigns

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[–] jpkwolf 13 years ago

I saw one of the early (if not the first?) screenings of the movie in Helsinki with press and the director present. The theater was quite packed. Almost full.