billcr12 Pathfinder is an Oscar nominated Norwegian film which takes place at around 1000 AD. It begins with the murders of a family, slaughtered by a tribe of nomads, called Chudes. The one survivor, Aigin, who finds the bodies of his kin and is chased by the killers, barely escaping to other relatives. He makes to his fellow Sami's and the try to fight, but are overwhelmed by their enemy.Aigin agrees to be a pathfinder and guide the Chudes to his tribe through a treacherous mountain journey. He leads them in temperatures well below zero with a plan to save his people from the vicious gang of killers. The scenery is spectacular and stunts breath taking. At only 86 minutes, The Pathfinder flies by quickly without a wasted moment.

mads leonard holvik The villains were looking for nothing other than some prime sami villages to plunder. However, they didn't take into account the Steven Segal of the North. He managed to out run them on one ski, and this made the maniac leader of the tsjude bad men really annoyed. I think his face would scare anyone half to death.So in between this and the end, we see that the samis are a spiritual folk, with great respect for nature. They are starved, and have to kill a bear to get through winter. The man who killed him, gets a magical aura around himself, and his tribe mates can look at him only through a metal ring.By now, the villains, are interested in getting to the large sami sijdda (village) by the coast. However, they have no GPS system, so the steven segal-sami-man offers to show them the way. His girlfriend waits for him at the coast, but she does not believe that he is a traitor. But can she know for sure? The climax scene involves no violence, in stead we get a huge avalanche killing all the raiders, leaving them buried under tons of ice, snow and rock. And Steven Segal was the man who led them into it. He sacrificed his life so that the other samis could live.In the dying moments of the film, as the samis ponder the great sacrifice a creature moves outside the lavvo, and the young, handsome ofelas (pathfinder) enters. The girl smiles.

leinad_slin Since there's a remake of this film coming soon (from what I've read, it's no good), I thought I'd write a comment on the original.I am part Saami, and I've lived in the Saami capital, Guovdageaidnu, all my life. This means that I know more about this film than any of you, so listen up! I have watched this film many times, not because it's good, but because I had to since it's a part of school education here.Knowing the language, I must say the dialog is pretty bad. But that shouldn't bother you guys, since all that needs to sound/ look good to you, is the translation.The acting is mediocre, but that doesn't necessarily ruin a film.This film is too close to me, for me to be able to say it's good. But for foreigners this film is all but bad, rather exotic. So I guess there's a good chance you'll like it if you're foreign... so see it!

hopalong_ Pure brilliance this is!Living very close to the land and culture that's described in the film I really enjoyed this film. The way everything's been explained and displayed in the film is very satisfying. And I might add that it's not required to have an interest in the culture to watch this movie. That is to say that the movie works on every level! Gaup delivers a very strong and entertaining movie. I only wish it can have a broader audience, because it deserves it. I have no problem recommending this film to anyone with a slight interest in movies!