Rare Exports: A Christmas Tale (15)

Starring: Eugene Byrne

What's the Finnish for "Bah, humbug"? This whimsical revision of the Christmas legend works from the premise that Santa Claus is not the jolly old twinkler we know, but a brutish force of nature.

When US scientists make a startling discovery in a quiet town in Lapland, only a fearless young lad named Pietari (Onni Tommila) is wise to its true meaning. Expanded from a short film, Jalmari Helander's mixture of the gruesome and the winsome works hard to impress, but fails to meld its disparate elements. Rent Bad Santa instead.