Sigourney Weaver stars as Linda, an autistic mother, in this British/Canadian co-production. Early in the film, her daughter Vivienne (Emily Hampshire) is killed in a car accident enroute to her hometown of Wawa, Ontario. Ex-con Alex (Alan Rickman) survives the crash and reluctantly visits Wawa only to find himself become an intimate part of this quirky community. The film takes its name from the crystals of snow which dazzle and amuse Linda in her imaginative world. Not since Rain Man has autism been so lovingly portrayed in a feature film! The music is an original score by Broken Social Scene! Snow Cake was selected to open the Berlin Film Festival! Why this film ended up as a British co-production is a mystery, and this may say a lot about the (lack of) funding for Canadian feature films!
