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Smilla's Sense of Snow

  • 19971997
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  • 2h 1m
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
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Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)
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A 6 y.o. Inuit boy runs off a snowy roof in Copenhagen and dies. Smilla, a half Inuit who lives in the building and knows the boy, looks into it. What makes an acrophobic boy run up on the r... Read allA 6 y.o. Inuit boy runs off a snowy roof in Copenhagen and dies. Smilla, a half Inuit who lives in the building and knows the boy, looks into it. What makes an acrophobic boy run up on the roof? The clues take her to Greenland.A 6 y.o. Inuit boy runs off a snowy roof in Copenhagen and dies. Smilla, a half Inuit who lives in the building and knows the boy, looks into it. What makes an acrophobic boy run up on the roof? The clues take her to Greenland.
IMDb RATING
6.3/10
15K
YOUR RATING
  • Director
    • Bille August
  • Writers
    • Peter Høeg(novel "Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne")
    • Ann Biderman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Julia Ormond
    • Jens Jørgen Fleischer
    • Agga Olsen
Top credits
  • Director
    • Bille August
  • Writers
    • Peter Høeg(novel "Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne")
    • Ann Biderman(screenplay)
  • Stars
    • Julia Ormond
    • Jens Jørgen Fleischer
    • Agga Olsen
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 108User reviews
    • 50Critic reviews
    • 45Metascore
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    • Awards
      • 1 nomination

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    Top cast

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    Julia Ormond
    Julia Ormond
    • Smilla Jaspersenas Smilla Jaspersen
    Jens Jørgen Fleischer
    • Inuit Hunteras Inuit Hunter
    Agga Olsen
    • Juliane Christiansenas Juliane Christiansen
    Patrick Field
    • Policemanas Policeman
    Matthew Marsh
    Matthew Marsh
    • Detectiveas Detective
    Gabriel Byrne
    Gabriel Byrne
    • The Mechanicas The Mechanic
    Jim Broadbent
    Jim Broadbent
    • Dr. Lagermannas Dr. Lagermann
    Tom Wilkinson
    Tom Wilkinson
    • Prof. Loyenas Prof. Loyen
    Charlotte Bradley
    • Mrs. Lagermannas Mrs. Lagermann
    Richard Harris
    Richard Harris
    • Dr. Andreas Torkas Dr. Andreas Tork
    Charles Lewsen
    • Pastoras Pastor
    • (as Charles Lewson)
    Robert Loggia
    Robert Loggia
    • Moritz Jaspersenas Moritz Jaspersen
    Emma Croft
    Emma Croft
    • Benjaas Benja
    Bob Peck
    Bob Peck
    • Ravnas Ravn
    Ann Queensberry
    Ann Queensberry
    • Mrs. Schouas Mrs. Schou
    Vanessa Redgrave
    Vanessa Redgrave
    • Elsa Lübingas Elsa Lübing
    David Hayman
    David Hayman
    • Tellingas Telling
    Ida Julie Andersen
    • Smilla as a childas Smilla as a child
    • Director
      • Bille August
    • Writers
      • Peter Høeg(novel "Frøken Smillas fornemmelse for sne")
      • Ann Biderman(screenplay)
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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      Director Bille August has admitted that the film did not turn out as well as he hoped. He said that in hindsight, adapting Peter Høeg's novel into film had serious problems from the script stage.
    • Goofs
      On the boat while, listening to the tape, Licht tells Smilla that an EEG is monitoring someone's heart. EEGs measure brain waves; EKGs (also called ECGs) measure heart rate and electrical activity.
    • Quotes

      Smilla: The number system is like human life. First you have the natural numbers. The ones that are whole and positive. Like the numbers of a small child. But human consciousness expands. The child discovers longing. Do you know the mathematical expression for longing? The negative numbers. The formalization of the feeling that you're missing something.

    • Connections
      Featured in At the Movies: The Empire Strikes Back: Special Edition/When We Were Kings/Blood & Wine/Lost Highway/Margaret's Museum (1997)
    • Soundtracks
      Quis est homo
      (from Stabat Mater)

      Written by Giovanni Battista Pergolesi

      performed by Kammerorchester 'Carl Philipp Emanuel Bach'

      conducted by Hartmut Haenchen

    User reviews108

    Review
    Top review
    7/10
    a woman takes on an evil organization
    A scientist who heads up a mining company in Greenland discovers a way to make money and garner power. However, in doing so he endangers others. After a child supposedly commits suicide, a woman who has doubts about the death begins an investigation in behalf of the dead boy. Her life is then threatened, but she never gives up. Eventually, she comes face to face with her enemies on a lonely ice floe far to the north. At times the story was hard to follow, and I felt it had a few holes in it. Sometimes it just didn't make sense. Still, it was worth the seeing.
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    • helpless_dancer
    • Apr 17, 1999

    Details

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    • Release date
      • February 28, 1997 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Denmark
      • Germany
      • Sweden
    • Languages
      • English
      • Inuktitut
    • Also known as
      • Smilla's Feeling for Snow
    • Filming locations
      • Ilulissat, Greenland
    • Production companies
      • Constantin Film
      • Smilla Film A-S
      • Greenland Film Production
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $35,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $2,372,903
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $107,108
      • Mar 2, 1997
    • Gross worldwide
      • $2,372,903
    See detailed box office info on IMDbPro

    Technical specs

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    • Runtime
      2 hours 1 minute
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 2.35 : 1

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