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"Written by screenwriter, Angela Pell, Snow cake is a story set in the middle of winter in Wawa, Ontario, Canada and explores the odd friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman, Linda and Alex, a quiet, brooding man traumatised after being involved in a fatal car accident."
"La jaquette indique : "Alex, quinquagénaire solitaire, prend en stop Vivienne au hasard des routes enneigées de l'Ontario. Mais dans un grave accident de la route, l'adolescente meurt sur le coup. Rongé par un terrible sentiment de culpabilité, Alex part à la rencontre de la mère de Vivienne, Linda, une autiste aussi fantasque et différente que l'était la jeune fille. Pendant quelques jours, il partage le quotidien de Linda. Un véritable parcours initiatique débute alors pour lui.""
"Alex raakt betrokken bij het leven van de 19-jarige liftster Vivienne die om het leven komt als zijn auto wordt aangereden door een truck. Alex, die zelf een zoon heeft verloren bij een verkeersongeluk, gaat op zoek naar de autistische moeder van Vivienne en probeert haar te helpen haar verdriet te verwerken."
"Der verschlossene Engländer Alex wird in der verschneiten Weite Ontarios in einen Autounfall verwickelt, gerade als die Anhalterin Vivienne bei ihm eingestiegen ist. Die junge Frau stirbt noch am Unfallort. Voller Schuldgefühle sucht der 50-jährige Alex Viviennes Mutter auf. Doch Linda ist keine gewöhnliche Mom: Sie ist Autistin und kann ihre Trauer nicht zeigen. Alex beschliesst, ein paar Tage bei Linda zu bleiben, bis deren Eltern zur Beerdigung eintreffen. Immer mehr nimmt er an ihrem Leben teil und beginnt zudem eine Affäre mit der schönen Nachbarin Maggie, die alle Gefühle routiniert auf Distanz hält. Doch langsam beginnen sich die Charaktere zu verwandeln, und als der Schnee schmilzt, ist das Leben für keinen der drei mehr so, wie es war."
"An emotionally-traumatized man and a high-functioning autistic woman develop an unlikely relationship."@en
"A man released from prison is involved in a horrifying car accident that kills the young hitchhiker he has picked up. When he goes to talk to her mother, he finds his entire life and the lives of those around him are drastically changed."@en
""En plein hiver, à Wawa dans l'Ontario, Alex, un quinquagénaire britannique plutôt introverti, frappe à la porte de Linda, une femme autiste. Dans un accident de voiture, Alex a tué Vivienne, fille unique de Linda, qu'il avait prise en stop. Tourmenté par un terrible sentiment de culpabilité, Alex accepte de s'installer chez Linda et de partager quatre jours de son univers étrange et fantasque..."
"Taciturn Englishman Alex Hughes has travelled to Canada to meet the mother of his deceased son. Driving through the winter landscape he picks up a young hitchhiker, Vivienne, who is en route to her home town of Wawa. But when a greak road accident leaves Vivienne dead, Alex finds himself again grieving the death ofr someone he didn't really know."@en
"Snow cake is a story set in the middle of winter in Wawa, Ontario, Canada and explores the odd friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman, Linda and Alex, a quiet, brooding man traumatised after being involved in a fatal car accident. Recently released from prison, Alex offers a ride to a hitchhiker, only to have her killed instantly when they are involved in a brutal car accident. Alex then approaches the girl's mother, and the events that unfold dramatically change both his life and those of others around him."
"Alex (Alan Rickman) is a quiet, brooding man struggling to come to terms with the death of a hitchhiker killed in his car in a brutal crash. In the aftermath of this harrowing ordeal, he comes to stay in a small Canadian town with Linda (Sigourney Weaver), a highly functioning autistic woman whose life has also been touched by tragedy. As they each attempt to deal with their losses in their own distinct ways, Alan strikes up a relationship with Maggie (Carrie-Anne Moss) and finds himself experiencing long-buried depths of emotion."
"An ex-convict is mysteriously drawn to two intriguing women after becoming involved in a car accident while passing through a sleepy Ontario town in director Marc Evans' enigmatic drama. Invited into the home of high-functioning autistic Linda (Sigourney Weaver) after getting into a car accident that involved Linda's daughter, ex-con Alex Hughes (Alan Rickman) does his best to gracefully accept Linda's selfless generosity. His situation grows increasingly complicated, however, when Alex finds the seductive allure of town sexpot Maggie (Carrie-Anne Moss) too powerful to resist."@en
"Recently released from prison, Alex offers a ride to a hitchhiker, only to have her killed instantly when they are involved in a brutal car accident. Alex then approaches the girl's mother, and the events that unfold dramatically change both his life and those of others around him."
"Recently released from prison, Alex offers a ride to a hitchhiker, only to have her killed instantly when they are involved in a brutal car accident. Alex then approaches the girl's mother, and the events that unfold dramatically change both his life and those of others around him."@en
"Fiction. Drame psychologique. À la suite d'un accident de la route ayant provoqué la mort d'une jeune fille, un homme s'installe chez la mère de la victime, une autiste autonome. [(c) Boîte Noire] Avec Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, David Fox, Jayne Eastwood, Emily Hampshire, James Allodi."