Smilla's Sense of Snow

Based On the book by Peter Høeg

Smilla's Sense of Snow is a 1997 mystery thriller film directed by Bille August and starring Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, and Richard Harris. Based on the 1992 novel Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow (this was also the title of the UK release of the film) by Danish author Peter Høeg, the film is about a transplanted Greenlander, Smilla Jaspersen, who investigates the mysterious death of a small Inuk boy who lived in her housing complex in Copenhagen. 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; Kiruna, Sweden; and western Greenland.

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Release date:

February 13, 1997

Director:

Bille August

Cast:

Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris, Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson

Genre:

Thriller, Mystery, Science Fiction, Drama, Action

Country:

Sweden, Germany, Denmark

Language:

English

Year page:

1997 in adaptations