Snow Cake
Snow Cake is a 2006 BritishCanadian indie romantic comedy drama film directed by Marc Evans and starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, CarrieAnne Moss, Emily Hampshire, and Callum Keith Rennie. It was released on September 8, 2006 in the UK.
When the eccentric drifter Vivienne Freeman gets a ride from a reluctant recluse Alex Hughes Alan Rickman, she is killed by a transport truck side ramming the car, while Alex only gets a nosebleed. Everybody agrees that it is not Alexs fault. He visits Linda to deliver Viviennes gifts and to provide support. She has been informed about her daughters death a few hours before Alexs visit, but does not show any signs of grief. However, she has a cleanliness mania which involves her constantly making sure everything in her home is neat, and prevents her from touching garbage bags. Her problem is finding someone who will put the garbage outside to be collected, as this was always something done by her daughter. Linda insists that Alex stay a few days so that he can do it for her. He agrees and also arranges Viviennes funeral.During his stay he begins a relationship with one of Lindas neighbors, Maggie CarrieAnne Moss, who Linda mistakenly thinks is a prostitute. A local policeman warns Maggie of Alexs intentions because he has just served time for a mans murder. Maggie does not confront Alex about the matter, but instead waits until he brings the subject up himself. Alex reveals that he killed the man who caused his sons death in a car crash while his son was on his way to meet Alex for the first time Alex had only recently learned about his existence, the result of an affair a long time ago. ........
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