Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow

1997 · 121 min · EN · 6.3 (278 votes)
Dir. Bille August · Starring Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris, Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Loggia · Music Harry Gregson-Williams

“Some Tracks Should Never Be Uncovered.”

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Smilla Jaspersen 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.

VIBE

A frigid, atmospheric mystery that chills to the bone. It's a slow-burn investigation steeped in a sense of alienation and a creeping, icy dread. The stark, beautiful landscapes mirror the protagonist's internal coldness as she uncovers a dark conspiracy.

chillysuspensefulmelancholicintrospectivesteadynordic noirneo-noiratmosphericarthouseidentityconspiracygriefenvironmentalism
based on novel or bookcopenhagen, denmarkinuitcometarctic polar circle regionconspiracysnowmurder investigationnordic noirtense