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The Juniper Tree

Play trailer Poster for The Juniper Tree 1990,  1h 20m,  Drama/ Fantasy Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 100% 22 Reviews Tomatometer 61% 500+ Ratings Popcornmeter
100% Tomatometer 22 Reviews 61% Popcornmeter 500+ Ratings
A widowed farmer's (Valdimar Orn Flygenring) son resists his new stepmother's (Bryndis Petra Bragadottir) attempts to win him over.

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Michael Phillips Chicago Tribune Jul 12, 2019
3.5/4
Keene complicates our feelings about the characters in subtle and useful ways, treating Katla in particular as something more intriguing than a garden-variety evil stepmother, even when she's serving up stew with a cannibalistic secret ingredient. Go to Full Review
Robert Abele Los Angeles Times Apr 16, 2019
"The Juniper Tree" is absorbing enough to make one rue there weren't more. Go to Full Review
Mark Asch Film Comment Magazine Mar 21, 2019
Keene is doing the right kind of critical revisionism-reframing the uncanny, contorted alien logic of folktales within a politically updated dynamic, offering her own interpretation of an old story while honoring its lingering richness. Go to Full Review
Grant Watson Fiction Machine Oct 10, 2024
7/10
It visibly prefigures a lot of subsequent independent cinema as well as the growing revival of folk horror on screen. Go to Full Review
Marya E. Gates Cool People Have Feelings, Too. (Substack) Feb 13, 2024
Not only does Keene’s film contain truly haunting imagery, she beautifully captures the vastness of coastal Iceland Go to Full Review
Kanishk Devgan Film Companion Mar 29, 2021
It happens to be the debut of genre-bending, experimental pop music artist, Björk, and whilst that is enough of a hook for many...the last thing this film should be remembered as is trivia. Go to Full Review
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Nietzchka Keene

Director

Björk

Margit

Bryndis Petra Bragadottir

Katla

Valdimar Orn Flygenring

Jóhann

Guðrún Gísladóttir

Mother

Geirlaug Sunna Pormar

Jónas

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The Juniper Tree

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Movie Info

Synopsis A widowed farmer's (Valdimar Orn Flygenring) son resists his new stepmother's (Bryndis Petra Bragadottir) attempts to win him over.
Director
Nietzchka Keene
Producer
Nietzchka Keene, Patrick Moyroud
Production Co
Hydrola
Genre
Drama, Fantasy
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Apr 10, 1990, Limited
Release Date (Streaming)
Aug 10, 2004
Runtime
1h 20m
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