Title: Snowland AKA: -- Year: 2005 Original title: Schneeland Runtime: 2 hours, 16 minutes Country: Germany Language: German | Faroese Subtitles: None Genre: Drama | Romance
Director: Hans W. Geissendörfer
Cast Thomas Kretschmann ... Aron Julia Jentsch ... Ina Maria Schrader ... Elisabeth Ulrich Mühe ... Knövel Oliver Stokowski ... Salomon Ina Weisse ... Helga Joachim Król ... Rubert (as Joachim Kròl) Martin Feifel ... Ingmar Susanne Lothar ... Hilma Caroline Schreiber ... Britta Beate Abraham ... Mari Brigitte Annessy ... Tora Richard Waler ... Elisabeth's oldest son (as Richard Waaler) Alexander Sandberg ... Elisabeth's youngest son Per Andres Hippe ... Sven
Plot / Synopsis
Following in the footsteps of The Weight of Water and other recent films, Hans W. Geissendorfer's arthouse drama Snowland (AKA Schneeland) juxtaposes stories set in two different time frames. In contemporary Sweden, Elisabeth, a young wife and mother, learns that her husband was just killed in an automobile accident. Grief-stricken beyond the point of consolation, she shuttles the kids off to a relative's house, climbs into the car with plans to end her life, and drives headfirst into a blinding snowstorm, where her car breaks down and she makes her way to a nearby cabin for help. Upon discovering that the building's only resident has frozen to death, Elisabeth then uses various items located in the house to reconstruct the story of the woman's life. The film then flashes back to 1937, when Ina, a young woman, found herself entrapped by the incestuous domination of her bastard father, Knovel. When a handsome and slightly enigmatic young stranger named Aron arrived and moved into the home of a neighboring couple, Salomon and Helga, Elisabeth fell hopelessly for him - little realizing that Helga also had romantic designs on the new arrival. Step by step, piece by piece, Elisabeth gains insights from the story into the problems plaguing her own life, and much-needed wisdom that will ultimately help her survive. ~ Nathan Southern, Allrovi
Snowland (2005) Schneeland
