Snow Cake

Snow Cake (2006) starring Alan Rickman, Sigourney Weaver, Carrie-Anne Moss. Alex (Rickman), a solitary middle-aged man, picks up a young hitchhiker while driving across Canada. After the hitchhiker is killed in a crash (not Alex's fault), Alex finds himself torn from his moorings. Guilt-stricken, Alex goes to visit his hitchhiker's mother, Linda (Weaver), who is autistic. From there, the plot takes some unexpected turns, and Alex's dark past is revealed. It's a good little movie, and Weaver does a fine job of playing autistic. The disc comes with English subtitles, but no closed captions. Grade: B+