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      Village at the End of the World

      2012 1h 20m Documentary List
      100% 12 Reviews Tomatometer 69% 100+ Ratings Audience Score A village with 59 residents and 100 sled dogs survives against the odds. Read More Read Less

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      Audience Member Once upon a time in my youth I was travelling to New York. As we flew over Greenland this German couple kept bothering me, pointing down at the spectacular ice boulders - Guck mal! GUCK MAL! I have not seen Greenland in the flesh since. Tonight, though, Netflix took me there! Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/15/23 Full Review Audience Member Overall Village at the end of the world is quite beautiful but overall it is quite boring and not revolutionary at all. 3\5 good. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 02/05/23 Full Review Audience Member "Village at the End of the World" is a solid, if not exceptional, documentary looking at life in a very remote village. In this case, the village is Niaqornat, population 59, in Greenland. While it is eye-opening and always a pleasure to get glimpes into how people live in different parts of the world, this film is a tad shallow, delving only into the what, but not the why. For example, as a community of hunters, there is great pride shown in being able to slay a polar bear. This community, who are shown to be aware of outside issues through things such as the Internet and Bridgette Bardot (described as a "silly woman") but no justification besides honour is put forward for the slaughter of an endangered species. Had the film delved down that past, it could have been much much more interesting. As it is, it's just a nice watch. Rated 4 out of 5 stars 01/28/23 Full Review Audience Member A pleasant hour-and-a-quarter with the residents of Niaqornat, Greenland. Some amusement. Some light insights. Sarah Gavron puts together a nice documentary about people who are coping, surviving, adapting, and reasonably happy rather than a dour portrayal of lost and doomed people as so many of these remote village documentaries do. Gavron's skill is revealed most clearly in the juxtaposition of a tourist interview talking about the unspoiled traditional people with images of an Inuit teen trudging up from the beach wearing high top sneakers and a hoodie, then segueing to a child sitting on a bench hunched over her laptop as the tourist goes on about the lack of modern conveniences. She doesn't deliver this with a hammerblow, but lets us notice and catch on in our own time. Rated 3 out of 5 stars 01/12/23 Full Review Audience Member Cute documentary. Awe inspiring scenery surrounds this village in North-West Greenland and the documentary takes advantage of it with some amazing shots. Funny in parts with a great select few of characters. It's interesting to see how a remote arctic community lives, the residents constantly needing to help each other in a variety of daily struggles. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 01/30/23 Full Review Audience Member A tender beautiful documentary, with soft humour and vulnerability. A fascinating look at Greenland village life. Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars 02/22/23 Full Review Read all reviews Post a rating

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      Critics Reviews

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      Derek Malcolm London Evening Standard This is a warm-hearted and affecting tribute to a tenacious people who seem to know the score better than most of us. Rated: 3/5 May 10, 2013 Full Review Antonia Quirke Financial Times The mind boggles at the thought of how it was here pre-electricity and motor boats, although elderly villagers don't exactly recoil from the memory of sputtering blubber lamps. Rated: 4/5 May 9, 2013 Full Review Peter Bradshaw Guardian There a gentle sweetness and charm to this documentary by film-maker Sarah Gavron, her first film since the adaptation of Monica Ali's novel Brick Lane six years ago. Rated: 3/5 May 9, 2013 Full Review Daniel Green CineVue Village at the End of the World is a well-made and well-intentioned postcard from Greenland -- albeit with the tougher elements omitted. Rated: 3/5 Feb 25, 2019 Full Review Jason Solomons The Mail on Sunday (UK) What makes their film so beautiful and refreshing is the way it touches on themes of climate and cultural change without any hectoring or guilt trips, using humour and humanity to make its gentle points. Rated: 3/5 Oct 31, 2017 Full Review Philip French Observer (UK) It's a beautiful, austere movie ... May 12, 2013 Full Review Read all reviews

      Movie Info

      Synopsis A village with 59 residents and 100 sled dogs survives against the odds.
      Director
      Sarah Gavron
      Producer
      Stewart Le Marechal, Jonny Persey
      Production Co
      Made in Copenhagen
      Genre
      Documentary
      Original Language
      Kalaallisut
      Release Date (Streaming)
      Mar 11, 2017
      Runtime
      1h 20m