Lie down and go to sleep, and if you try and touch me I'll shoot you.
Following a car accident in which his hitchhiking passenger is killed, Alan makes the journey to pay his respects to the girl's mother. When he meets Linda it's obvious that she's out of the ordinary; a brash, autistic woman and absolute force of nature, she immediately invites him to stay at her house - as long as he doesn't stain the carpet.
As they spend time together it becomes clear that he has a unique ability to tame her and, in turn, she helps him confront the demons of his past; of the son who was killed in a car crash and of the guilty driver he killed in a fit of rage.
Snow Cake is a film about the power of friendship, no matter how eccentric, to change our lives and heal our hearts.
Starring:
Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie Anne-Moss
Director:
Marc Evans
Producers:
Gina Carter, Jessica Daniel, Andrew Eaton, Niv Fichman
Screenplay:
Angela Pell
Executive Producers:
Robert Jones, Michael Winterbottom, David M. Thompson
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Distributor:
Credits summary:
UK Film Council and Telefilm Canada present in association with Baby Cow Productions, Alliance Atlantis, Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films and 2Entertain with the participation of the Canadian Television Fund a Revolution Films/Rhombus Media Production A Marc Evans Film
Certificate:
15
Running time:
111 mins
Released:
8 September 2006
Out on DVD:
5 February 2007
Broadcast on:
3 April 2016