Árru

Árru

Directed by Elle Sofe Sara

Produced by Mer Film, Stær

202798 min0.0 / 10

A meditative drama about a Sámi woman defending her ancestral lands while reckoning with family wounds, grounded in cultural identity and spiritual connection to place.

Sámi reindeer herder Maia fights to protect her ancestral lands from a looming mining project. Amid the growing protests, she is also confronted with deeply buried family traumas. Maia is forced to make a decision.

Questions people ask

  • Is Árru sad? Yes, very. More sad than 91% of films.

  • Is Árru violent? Not especially. Less violent than 64% of films.

  • Is Árru scary? Not especially. Less frightening than 58% of films.

  • Does Árru end with hope? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

  • Is Árru easy watching? About average. Almost exactly mid-range.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

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