Smilla's Sense of Snow

 

Smilla’s Sense of Snow 1997

• Director: Bille August
• Seen by this director: Good-bye Bafana, Les Misérables
• Based on the book by Peter Hoeg
• Cast: Julia Ormand, Gabriel Byrne, Vanessa Redgrave, Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Richard Harris
• Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
• Most of them – many
• Why? The cast and the book
• Seen: Once before. Now 27 March 2025              

       A little Inuit boy from Greenland, living in Copenhagen falls to his death from the roof. Smilla (Ormand), a neighbour, half-Inuit, also from Greenland, doesn’t believe it was an accident. She knows her snow.

      She digs into it and finds much that is suspicious with roots in the mining industry on Greenland.

      A most unusual murder mystery with a terrific main character and a lovely cast. Somewhat unlikely ending but still 

3½ * of 5