Trailer - Snow Angels 2007

About the movie Snow Angels - 2007
David Gordon Green's bleak but powerful drama Snow Angels has just completed its limited theatrical release, offering a raw and intimate look at intertwined lives in a small, frozen town. Directed by Green and based on Stewart O'Nan's novel, the film stars Sam Rockwell and Kate Beckinsale as a separated couple struggling with their lives and an impending tragedy, while a young high school student (Michael Angarano) deals with his own family turmoil. Produced by Intent Films, this indie drama explores themes of love, loss, and the fragility of relationships in a desolate winter landscape. At the box office, Snow Angels had a very limited art-house release, resulting in minimal commercial returns, typical for a somber, character-driven independent film. Critical reception was largely positive. Professional film critics praised Green's sensitive direction, the strong, raw performances from Rockwell and Beckinsale, and the film's unflinching emotional honesty. IMDb user reviews were also largely positive, with many viewers appreciating its depth, realism, and emotional impact, despite its somber tone. Don't miss the Snow Angels movie trailer.

Cast:
Kate Beckinsale as Annie Marchand
Sam Rockwell as Glenn Marchand
Michael Angarano as Arthur Parkinson
Jeannetta Arnette as Louise Parkinson
Griffin Dunne as Don Parkinson
Nicky Katt as Nate Petite
Tom Noonan as Mr. Chervenick
Connor Paolo as Warren Hardesky
Amy Sedaris as Barb Petite
Olivia Thirlby as Lila Raybern
Grace Hudson as Tara Marchand

Director: David Gordon Green

Sinopsis: On a cold afternoon, with snow on the ground, the high school band is practicing for the last football game. They hear shots. Flashback a few weeks before. Arthur is a high school student, bussing at a restaurant. Annie and Barb are waitresses there - Annie was Arthur's babysitter when he was little. She's now separated from her husband Glenn, who's on the wagon, starting a new job, praying to Jesus, and trying to prove he has his balance back so he can see more of their small daughter, Tara. Annie's seeing someone else, Arthur's parents have just separated, and Arthur is attracted to Lila, a new student at the high school. It's a small town, people's lives cross.

Trailer - Snow Angels



Plot
On a cold afternoon, with snow on the ground, a high school band in a small Pennsylvania town is practicing for the season's last football game, when they hear gunshots while their teacher, Mr. Chervenick, is giving instructions. The film abruptly flashes back to a few weeks before, to a Chinese restaurant that employs a high school boy named Arthur, his ex-babysitter, Annie, and her best friend, Barb. Arthur, who's a bit of a misfit, has a troubled home life caused by his constantly clashing parents, both of whom often forget about him. Annie's life isn't faring much better: she's dealing with her ill mother, is separated from her husband, Glenn, and is now raising their young daughter, Tara, on her own. Glenn is now on the wagon and becoming a born-again Christian in order to prove that he is responsible enough to spend time with Tara.

Depressed and lonely, Annie decides to betray her best friend by having an affair with Barb's husband, Nate, but finds that ruining Barb's life doesn't make her own life any happier. Desperate to prove himself and still harboring deep feelings for his estranged wife (though he suspects she is seeing someone), Glenn gets a new job and spends as much time as possible with Tara. Meanwhile, Arthur finds himself growing close to Lila, a new student at the high school who has a knack for photography.

The film focuses heavily on how people's lives can cross in a small town, especially when Tara wanders out of the house and goes missing while Annie, drained over having meaninglessly destroyed her friendship with Barb and suffering from a bad cold, falls asleep on the couch. The whole town spends hours desperately searching for Tara, before Arthur finds her body while smoking pot with his friend. To everyone's horror, Tara had fallen into open freezing water at the edge of the lake while playing and drowned, after which the open water froze over her. Glenn, distraught over the death of Tara, breaks into Annie's home with his shotgun and waits for her return. Upon Annie's return Glenn grabs her and forcibly washes her feet. Covering her mouth as she cries and screams at him, he drags a barefoot Annie by the collar into the snowy woods. With her kneeling, back turned to him, Glenn holds his gun to her head and tells her to say when she's ready (to be shot). The film presumably ends with their murder-suicide, explaining the shots heard before the flashback.

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