A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 7 nominations
Janet van de Graaf
- Meryl
- (as Janet van de Graaff)
- Director
- Writers
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Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaAlan Rickman read the script and actually suggested Sigourney Weaver for the role of Linda Freeman. He even telephoned Weaver, and told her she had to read the script, as there was a role he felt she could play perfectly in it. Rickman and Weaver had previously worked together in the film Galaxy Quest (1999), where Rickman's character was also named Alex.
- GoofsIn the film's beginning Alex exits the restaurant. In the window it says White River. He is driving to Winnipeg which is west of White River. However Vivienne has a sign that says Wawa. That means he would be heading east back to Wawa instead of west to Winnipeg.
- Quotes
Linda Freeman: B-A-A-N-G.
Alex Hughes: You can't have two A's in bang.
Linda Freeman: In Comic Book Word Scrabble, you can. You can have three A's if you want.
- Crazy creditsDuring the end credits, an occasional letter flakes off, morphs into a snowflake, floating off-screen.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: The Condemned/Snow Cake/Waitress/Diggers (2007)
- SoundtracksAlright Now
Performed by Free
Courtesy of Universal-Island Records Ltd
under licence from Universal Music Enterprises
Written by Paul Rodgers and Andy Fraser
Published by Blue Mountain Music Ltd
Administered by Fairwood Music Ltd
Featured review
sentimental
I just got back from the premiere of this movie at the Berlinale. It's a little story about the friendship of man, Alex, who still can't forget a mysterious, traumatizing past, and an autistic woman, Linda (S. Weaver). The humanness of Alex, and the deep sadness of being aware of what happened, contrasts with the fairy-tale-like world of Linda, who seems to live with no consciousness for the past or the future, avoiding suffering and flying light in the world just like a snow flake. The performances of the actors, of Rickman in particular, are outstanding, and the characters are showed with intimacy and delicate attention to details. The close ups face Carrie- Anne Moss, a kind of (unrealistic) femme fatale in the middle of nowhere, gently whispering in dim light, are worth the ticket. But i didn't completely buy the script. Shouldn't it be more difficult for Alex to get into Linda's house? Shouldn't a man which such a traumatic past behave like an eighteenth century English gentleman? Morever, as far as I know about psychiatry, Linda is a mixture of mental disease stereotypes, more than an actual autistic. I gave 7, because I liked the effort of making of a tragic story a kind of hymn to life, sometimes even funny.
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- francesco-cantamessa
- Feb 10, 2006
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Box office
- Budget
- €3,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $26,651
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $5,030
- Apr 29, 2007
- Gross worldwide
- $1,384,105
- Runtime1 hour 52 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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