A teenage Sami girl lives in a teepee with her family raising reindeer. The Sami are an indigenous minority in Sweden. The story begins with the girl as an bitter old woman who reluctantly accompanies her son to her sister's funeral. She is bitter about her childhood at a boarding school where Sami children were taught to assimilate and were forced to abandon their culture. It is, of course, a universal story, from the Native Americans here in the United States, to the Irish under the British thumb. Unfortunately, I was bored by this film. Last year, A Man Called Ove was the Swedish entry to the Academy Awards. I believed it should have won. I cannot say the same for Sami Blood.
Review of Sami Blood
