Snow Cake (2006)

Director:

Marc Evans

Writer:

Angela Pell (writer)

Release Date:

8 September 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Sometimes stopping is the most important part of the journey...

Plot:

A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman (Weaver) and a man (Rickman) who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.

Plot Keywords:

Road Trip | Intimacy | McDonald's Restaurant | Funeral | Truck

Awards:

1 win & 5 nominations

Cast

Alan Rickman	...	Alex Hughes
Emily Hampshire	...	Vivienne Freeman
Jackie Brown	...	Waitress
Callum Keith Rennie	...	John Neil
Scott Wickware	...	Senior Cop
Johnny Goltz	...	Rookie Cop
James Allodi	...	Clyde
Janet van de Graaf	...	Meryl
Carrie-Anne Moss	...	Maggie
Julie Stewart	...	Florence
Sigourney Weaver	...	Linda Freeman
Charlie	...	Marilyn the Dog
Selina Cadell	...	Diane Wooton
Nia Roberts	...	Janet, the vet
Dov Tiefenbach	...	Jack, the optician

Runtime:

112 min

Country:

UK | Canada

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:Not Rated | Netherlands:MG6 | Singapore:PG | Germany:6 | Malaysia:U | Portugal:M/12 (Qualidade) | UK:15 | Ireland:15A | Sweden:Btl

Filming Locations:

Grosso Jackson, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Revolution Films

Trivia:

Broken-Social-Scene was approached to score this film, and flew out to London to do so. Actress Emily Hampshire introduced director Marc Evans to Broken-Social-Scene during production.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: In the beginning of the movie Alex exits the restaurant. In the window it says White River. He is driving to Winnipeg which is west of White River. Yet Vivianne has a sign that says Wawa. That means he would be heading east back to Wawa instead of west to Winnipeg.

Quotes:

Linda Freeman: Have you ever had an orgasm, Alex?
Alex Hughes: It has been known.
Linda Freeman: It sounds like an inferior version of what I feel when I have a mouthful of snow.
[Shoves some into her mouth]

Movie Connections:

References North by Northwest (1959)

Soundtrack:

Let it die

Snow Cake is excellent

I saw Snow Cake last night at the Toronto Film Festival.

The Film is excellent - I wouldn't change a frame. It is beautifully directed and full of refined touches - great script - great score- and the acting by Rickman and Weaver is nuanced and outstanding.

The film conveys a very real portrait of small town (Wawa) Ontario - and nails the feeling of small town social politics, with its outward conformity vs begrudged acceptance of "strange behaviour". It also captures the stillness - the slowing of time - that one feels in a small town up north.

See this Film. You'll really love it