Smilla's Sense of Snow

– Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and One Minute
Release Year:
1997
Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Suspecting wrongdoing, Smilla uncovers a trail of clues leading towards a secretive corporation that has made several mysterious expeditions to Greenland. Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival, where director Bille August was nominated for the Golden Bear.

Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997) - Trailer

Release Date:

28 Feb 1997

Language:

English, Inuktitut

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Bille August

Writer:

Peter Høeg (novel), Ann Biderman (screenplay)

Main Actors:

Ona Fletcher, Julia Ormond, Agga Olsen, Patrick Field

Plot:

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:

1 nomination.

Production:

Fox Searchlight Pictures

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
6.4/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
52%
Metacritic:
45%