Smoke Sauna Sisterhood

Released Nov 24, 2023

1 hr. 29 min.

Documentary

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In the darkness of smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences. Through a sense of communion, women wash off the shame trapped in their bodies and regain their strength.

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Running the gamut from tears to laughter, Smoke Sauna Sisterhood finds cinematic poetry in the simple act of observing conversation.

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John H

A tighter edit, narration, and resolution would help this engaging but discouraging film.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/24

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Javi _

A great journey to the traditions, culture and partially historical elements of the country.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

01/22/24

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Tushar P

A film structured around the Smoke Sauna experience. Intimate, honest, raw and personal, even if you are not a part of the sisterhood, you can find yourself in the stories and the catharsis that is delivered in the ending. A confidently local south Estonian film, with the power to resonate globally.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/06/23

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Anna E

Beautiful. Full of raw emotions and the cultural heritage of Estonia.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

04/04/23

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Anna Hints

Director

Kadi Kivilo

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Sandra Lepik

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Maria Meresaar

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Anna Hints

Writer

Marianne Ostrat

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Peter Rainer

FilmWeek (KPCC - NPR Los Angeles)

It's worth seeing, but it's way over arty.

Nov 29, 2023

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Sheri Linden

Hollywood Reporter

Strikes a bold balance between intense intimacy and respectful distance.

Nov 27, 2023

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Beatrice Loayza

New York Times

Hints, whose grandmother introduced her to the smoke-sauna ritual, uses the documentary to speak volumes about what it means to be a woman, even as the focus remains fixed on a single location: a cramped sauna-cabin located in a forest.

Nov 25, 2023

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Peter Keough

Arts Fuse

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is a celebration of healing and the human spirit, a cinematic space rooted in prayer, meditation, and mystic contemplation.

Mar 4, 2024

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Al Alexander

Boston Movie News

By the end, the many images of steam, smoke and fire reveal a striking metaphor for the participants in what we learn is a centuries-old practice of purifying the soul. Does it work? I cannot say. But it certainly makes you sweat.

Rated: B

Jan 27, 2024

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Dennis Harvey

48 Hills

Smoke Sauna Sisterhood is primarily a sort of group therapy session, much of it exposing the damaging effect on individuals of a patriarchal society. Such revelations have a universality...

Jan 8, 2024

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Synopsis

In the darkness of smoke sauna, women share their innermost secrets and intimate experiences. Through a sense of communion, women wash off the shame trapped in their bodies and regain their strength.

Director: Anna Hints
Screenwriter: Anna Hints, Anna Hints
Distributor: Greenwich Entertainment
Production Co: Alexandra Film, Ursus Parvus, Kepler22 Productions
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: Estonian
Release Date (Theaters): Nov 24, 2023, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Jan 23, 2024

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