White Bird in a Blizzard (2014)

In 1988, a teenage girl's life is thrown into chaos when her mother disappears.

Director:

Gregg Araki

Writers:

Gregg Araki (screenplay by), Laura Kasischke (based on the novel by)

Stars:

Shailene Woodley, Eva Green, Christopher Meloni

4 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Shailene Woodley	...	Kat Connors
Eva Green	...	Eve Connors
Christopher Meloni	...	Brock Connors
Shiloh Fernandez	...	Phil
Angela Bassett	...	Dr. Thaler
Gabourey Sidibe	...	Beth
Ava Acres	...	Kat age 8
Thomas Jane	...	Detective Scieziesciez
Mark Indelicato	...	Mickey
Dale Dickey	...	Mrs. Hillman
Sheryl Lee	...	May
Michael Patrick McGill	...	Aaron
Jill Johnson	...	Secretary
Jacob Artist	...	Oliver
Brenda Koo	...	Cindy

Storyline

Kat Connors is 17 years old when her seemingly perfect homemaker mother, Eve, disappears in 1988. Having lived for so long in an emotionally repressed household, she barely registers her mother's absence and certainly doesn't blame her doormat of a father, Brock, for the loss. But as time passes, Kat begins to come to grips with how deeply Eve's disappearance has affected her. Returning home on a break from college, she finds herself confronted with the truth about her mother's departure, and her own denial about the events surrounding it...

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Plot Keywords:

teenage girl | missing person | mysterious disappearance | mother daughter relationship | female nudity | 

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Taglines:

I was 17 when my mother disappeared...

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Genres:

Drama | Mystery | Thriller

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Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated R for sexual content/nudity, language and some drug use

Did You Know?

Trivia

Shailene Woodley was very keen to work with Gregg Araki, being a major fan of his film Mysterious Skin (2004).

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Goofs

On Kat's second visit to Detective Scieziesciez's apartment, the cigarette he is smoking at first appears to be almost finished, but later on appears to have been freshly lit.

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Quotes

Detective Scieziesciez: Once there was this... obese man. Some sick fuck had doused him with gasoline and then lit him on fire. And by the time we got to the body, two days later, he was still burning.
Kat Connor: What?
Detective Scieziesciez: Guy had so much body fat he's like a human candle.

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Connections

Featured in The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon: Shailene Woodley/Michael Shannon/Eric Church (2014)

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Soundtracks

Behind the Wheel (Beatmasters Mix)
Written by Martin Gore
Performed by Depeche Mode

User Reviews

I am very satisfied with this movie.

This movie starts off slowly. It is in the perspective of a gorgeous teenager who is solely concerned with her boyfriend. When her mom goes missing, she assumes that her mom kept her promise to leave her dad. As she recaps the relationship between her parents, the viewer is compelled to feel sorry for the wimpy father and agree with the teen's apathy towards her aggressive mother. In utter dismissal of her mom's abandonment, the teenager tries to focus on her boyfriend's reduced sexual interest. However, her intuition about her mother's disappearance keeps alerting her through inexplicable dreams. Then, when the teenager becomes an adult, things get GOOD! At the end, I realized that I really underestimated this movie. I had no idea this movie was going to be this good. I am glad I watched it and I want to see it again in order to catch some clues that I may have missed. The plot twist at the end REALLY caught me off-guard and I am still wondering if there was some hint throughout the movie that I missed. If anyone catches the hints, be sure to post them as spoilers.

Details

Official Sites:

Official Facebook Official Site

Country:

France USA

Language:

English

Release Date:

25 September 2014 (USA)

Also Known As:

White Bird in a Blizzard

Filming Locations:

Los Angeles, California, USA

Box Office

Opening Weekend USA:

$6,302, 26 October 2014

Gross USA:

$33,821

Cumulative Worldwide Gross:

$469,701

Company Credits

Production Co:

Desperate Pictures, Orange Studio, Why Not Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

91 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Dolby Digital

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1