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(2021)
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Siberia

A bartender drives a sled team to a cave, but finds no peace. Are the spirits that confront him real?

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As soon as the credits of 'Siberia' roll, only one word comes to mind: sensory. This is the best adjective for this new production by Abel Ferrara, one of the most beloved filmmakers of the cinephile community and who, here, directs a film inspired by the 'Red Book', the masterpiece of Swiss psychiatrist Carl Gustav Jung - a crazy project, since the book has no plot or anything concrete, being formed only by ideas, reflections and thoughts of the father of analytical psychology in beautiful pages. Starring Willem Dafoe again, Ferrara's partner in the good 'Tommaso' and 'Pasolini', the feature has the merit of, like Jung's book, having no plot. It is pure essence, from beginning to end, like a Malick film. After all, the feature proposes to be a dive into the dreams, memories, afflictions and subconscious of its protagonist (Dafoe). He lives in torment and here Ferrara seeks to devastate the audience by putting these films together with yearnings also from those sitting in front of a TV, watching the story. 'Siberia', finally, seeks to be a dialogue between the parts without ever making it clear, exactly, what it is talking about.

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Clint tends bar at a snowbound roadhouse whose patrons speak a language he doesn’t understand, and things may not be what they seem. Desperate for answers, he drives a sled team to a nearby cave, but finds no peace. Are the spirits that confront him mere figments of his imagination—or will they slowly tear his body and soul to pieces?

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