Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Slow
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- bleak
- claustrophobic
- brooding
- rainy day
- late night thriller viewing
What critics said
Critics generally praised the strong performances and striking cinematography while finding the writing and final stretch less convincing.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Salvador's cabin and the inaccessible snowy terrain make physical seclusion inseparable from the family's emotional entrapment.
The confrontation continually transforms the roles of victim and murderer around the brothers' shared adolescent past.
The inherited land dispute turns a reunion between Salvador, Marcos, and Laura into a sour, enclosed reckoning with violence.
Snow, the cabin, and the isolated Patagonian setting mirror the characters' dark past and pessimistic emotional register.
Films like Black Snow, and why
Affliction
shared intimate crime thriller structure, remote isolation, family guilt, and morally corrosive secrets
A Simple Plan
shared snowbound rural setting, bleak crime drama, escalating family tension, and compromised protagonists
The Invitation
shared claustrophobic psychological thriller atmosphere, buried violence, and ambiguous moral roles
Movie Details
- Director
- Martín Hodara
- Release Date
- 2017-01-19
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Rating
- 6.0 / 10 (212)
Cast
- Ricardo Darín
- Leonardo Sbaraglia
- Laia Costa
- Dolores Fonzi
- Federico Luppi
- Iván Luengo
- Andrés Herrera
- Mikel Iglesias
- Biel Montoro
- Liah O'Prey
Common questions
- What is Black Snow about?
- A snowbound Patagonian inheritance dispute reopens a brotherly crime whose victim and murderer keep changing places.
- What is Black Snow like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Black Snow as slow, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Black Snow violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Black Snow as moderate.
- What did critics think of Black Snow?
- Critics generally praised the strong performances and striking cinematography while finding the writing and final stretch less convincing.
- Which films are like Black Snow?
- Films with a similar feel include Affliction, A Simple Plan, and The Invitation.
- How long is Black Snow?
- Black Snow runs 90 minutes.
