Smilla's Sense of Snow (film)

Smilla's Sense of Snow
Theatrical release poster
Directed byBille August
Screenplay byAnn Biderman
Based onMiss Smilla's Feeling for Snow
by Peter Høeg
Produced by
Starring
CinematographyJörgen Persson
Edited byJanus Billeskov Jansen [da]
Music by
Production
companies
Distributed by
Release dates
  • 12 February 1997 (1997-02-12) (Germany)
  • 28 February 1997 (1997-02-28) (Denmark, Sweden)
Running time
121 minutes[2]
Countries
  • Denmark
  • Germany
  • Sweden
Languages
  • English
  • Greenlandic
Budget$35 million
Box office$23.1 million[3]

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 Inuit 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.[4]

Scenes from the film were shot in Copenhagen; Kiruna, Sweden; and western Greenland. The film was entered into the 47th Berlin International Film Festival,[5] at which August was nominated for the Golden Bear.

  1. ^ a b "Smilla's Feeling for Snow (1997)". Danish Film Database. Retrieved 22 October 2021.
  2. ^ "SMILLA'S FEELING FOR SNOW (15)". British Board of Film Classification. 30 June 1997. Retrieved 11 January 2015.
  3. ^ Klady, Leonard (9 February 1998). "The Top 125". Variety. p. 31.
  4. ^ "Smilla's Sense of Snow". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Berlinale: 1997 Programme". Berlinale. Retrieved 10 March 2021.