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The Snow Walker

2003 · 103 min

A quiet, immersive survival story that makes you feel the cold and the slow building of trust between two people.

Overview: A bush pilot in nothern Canada who with the aid of modernity thinks he can handle it all & knows it all. After reluctantly agreeing to transport a local indian girl to a medical facility his light plane crashes & they have to survive whilst finding their way back to civilization. Along the journey the man finds a new respect for the native ways as they battle to survive the elements.

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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 1 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
identity
friendship
grief
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: period
Audience: teen
Form: single location
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex mild

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Scale	Value	0 to 10
Action	4
Horror	2
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	3
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	5
Emotional weight	8

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Genres: adventure, drama
Directed by: Charles Martin Smith
Written by: Charles Martin Smith, Farley Mowat
Starring: Barry Pepper, Annabella Piugattuk, James Cromwell, Kiersten Warren, Jon Gries, Robin Dunne, Malcolm Scott, Michael Bublé
Music: Paul Intson, Mychael Danna
Cinematography: David Connell, Paul Sarossy
Runtime: 103 min
Country: Canada
Languages: Italian, Czech, French, English

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