Snow Cake (2006)

This may be screenwriter Angela Pell’s first screenplay, but apart from the odd tonal stumble you’d be hard-pushed to tell. By calling on her own bittersweet experience as a parent of an autistic child, she crafts a touching, redemptive and frequently laugh-out-loud study of acceptance, grief and the beauty found in the small things in life. The real draw here is the acting pedigree of the two leads. Rickman and Weaver both remind us how good they are, while director Marc Evans – capturing both intimate character beats and the glacial beauty of Canada – proves his versatility: this is a world away from My Little Eye.

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