Snow Cake

Snow Cake is a 2006 British/Canadian indie romantic comedy drama film directed by Marc Evans and starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss, Emily Hampshire, and Callum Keith Rennie. It was released on September 8, 2006 in the UK. Filmed in Wawa, Ontario, Snow Cake is a drama about the parasitic relationship between autistic Linda (Weaver), and neurotic British tourist Alex (Rickman) who has a change of heart after a fatal car accident involving himself and Linda's daughter Vivienne (Hampshire). The movie was screened and discussed at Autism Cymru 2nd international conference in May 2006 as well as the Edinburgh International Film Festival, Tribeca Film Festival, Toronto International Film Festival, Seattle International Film Festival, among others. It was the opening night screening for the Berlin Film Festival as well.