Smilla's Sense of Snow

• 6.301 Drama
• 1997-02-28
• 121 minutes mins

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.

Starring:

Julia Ormond (Smilla Jasperson) Gabriel Byrne (The Mechanic) Richard Harris (Dr. Andreas Tork) Jim Broadbent (Dr. Lagermann) Tom Wilkinson (Prof. Loyen) Robert Loggia (Moritz Jasperson) Vanessa Redgrave (Elsa Lübing) Bob Peck (Ravn) David Hayman (Telling) Peter Capaldi (Birgo Lander)

Director:

Bille August

Writer:

Ann Biderman