# Smilla's Sense of Snow (1997)

> A fiercely independent woman follows a dead child's footprints from Copenhagen into a lethal conspiracy buried beneath snow and ice.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/movie/4511

## Facts

- Runtime: 121 min
- Genres: Drama, Thriller
- Director: Bille August
- Cast: Julia Ormond, Gabriel Byrne, Richard Harris, Jim Broadbent, Tom Wilkinson, Robert Loggia, Vanessa Redgrave, Bob Peck
- TMDB rating: 6.4/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120152/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: brisk
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: layered
- Violence: moderate
- Mood: tense, eerie, melancholic, winter night, snowy weekend

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