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Smilla's Feeling for Snow

5.4

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Original title

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Year

1997

Running time

122 min.

Country

Denmark

Director

Bille August

Screenwriter

Ann Biderman. Novel: Peter Hoeg

Cast

Music

Harry Gregson-Williams, Hans Zimmer

Cinematography

Jörgen Persson

Producer

Co-production Denmark-Sweden-Germany;

Constantin Film, Bavaria Film, Filmförderungsanstalt, Nordisk Film, Det Danske Filminstitut, FilmFernsehFonds Bayern, Eurimages

Genre

Thriller. Mystery. Drama | Psychological Thriller. Cold Weather

Synopsis

Based on Peter Hoeg's bestseller, this film is set in snowy Copenhagen where a small boy is found dead after he fell off a roof. Smilla Jasperson, a close friend who lives in the same house begins to suspect murder because she knows that the boy was afraid of heights and would not have played on the roof. As she begins to investigate, she is pulled deeper and deeper into a conspiracy that could very well mean her death.

Awards: 1997: Berlin Film Festival: Official Selection

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Critics' reviews

"After the disastrous 'The House Of The Spirits,' Bille August should know from experience to leave good novels well alone."

Deborah Brown: Empire
"Here is a movie so absorbing, so atmospheric, so suspenseful and so dumb, that it proves my point: The subject matter doesn't matter in a movie nearly as much as mood, tone and style (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 4)"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"It is involving and entertaining, and features an intriguing, independent heroine."

James Berardinelli: ReelViews
"Though enlivened by occasional touches, 'Smilla's' is like the food at Taco Bell: exotic only to someone who hasn't experienced the real thing."

Kenneth Turan: Los Angeles Times
"An exceedingly sleek and handsome thriller"

David Stratton: Variety

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