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- A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident. Alex Hughes, an ex-convict, is on a road trip to Winnipeg to see an old friend. Along the way, he meets the annoying, but vivacious, Vivienne Freeman who manages to bum a ride with him.
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Filmed in Wawa, Ontario, Snow Cake is a drama about the relationship between autistic Linda (Weaver), and British tourist Alex (Rickman), who has a change of heart after a deadly automobile accident involving himself and Linda's daughter Vivienne (Hampshire).
Synopsis. Tight-lipped Englishman Alex Hughes ( Alan Rickman) arrives in Northern Ontario on his way to meet the woman with whom he had a son. He is bullied by an altogether unconventional but lovable 19 year-old hitch-hiker, Vivienne ( Emily Hampshire ), who needs a ride to her hometown of Wawa.
Apr 27, 2007 · In “Snow Cake” Sigourney Weaver peels off layers of urbane sophistication to play Linda Freeman, a high-functioning autistic woman living in a rural Ontario town called Wawa.
- Stephen Holden
- Marc Evans
Sep 8, 2006 · Snow Cake: Directed by Marc Evans. With Alan Rickman, Emily Hampshire, Jackie Brown, Callum Keith Rennie. A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.
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- Drama, Romance
- Marc Evans
- 2006-09-08
English ex-con Alex Hughes (Alan Rickman) is driving across Canada to Winnipeg to “meet an old friend” but he does not seem too happy about it. At a wayside along his journey he meets Vivienne (Emily Hampshire), a pretty, bright young woman hitching her way to her home town of Wawa.
Aug 16, 2006 · Snow Cake (2006) Reviewed by Stella Papamichael. Updated 06 September 2006. Contains strong language. Ever since Dustin Hoffman twitched his way to an Oscar for Rain Man (1988), autism has been...
Shot on location in Canada, Cosens works wonders with the lens and Canada’s winter wonderland (even when they had to truck in snow) bringing sparkling revelation and life to the film. SNOW CAKE is a bittersweet, intimate and eye-opening experience that celebrates life, acceptance and love.
