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:

Bittersweet | Intimacy | Small Town Life | Friendship | Attraction

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:

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

Filming Locations:

Grosso Jackson, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Revolution Films

Trivia:

During the winter shoot in Wawa an unexpected warm snap melted all the snow. As a result, the crew was forced to bring in truckloads of snow from outside town, as well as laying fake snow all around the sets to maintain continuity of the winter setting.

Goofs:

Errors in geography: At the end of the film when Alex is driving to Winnipeg, he's actually going back into Wawa, therefore heading east and not west.

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:

Referenced in Snow Cake: Autism Awareness (2007) (TV)

Soundtrack:

Anthems for a Seventeen Year Old Girl

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