Red Snow (2019)

Directed by

Marie Clements

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

5.3 of 10 from 7 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Gwich'in soldier in the Canadian Army is captured by the Taliban during the war in Afghanistan. The film follows his experience as a prisoner and the cultural and personal conflicts that arise.

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What happens

Red Snow (Gwichʼin: Zhoh Daatsik, Inuvialuktun: Kaviqhak Apun, Pashto: سره واوره) is a 2019 Canadian war drama film, written and directed by Marie Clements. The film stars Asivak Koostachin as Dylan Nadazeau, a Gwich'in soldier serving in the Canadian Army during the War in Afghanistan, who is captured by the Taliban. The film's cast also includes Tantoo Cardinal, Samuel Marty, Michelle Thrush, Tarun Keram, Mozhdah Jamalzadah, Steven Cree Molison and Leela Gilday. The film was shot in 2018 in various locations in the Northwest Territories and British Columbia, including Yellowknife, Dettah, Kamloops, Whistler and Cache Creek. It includes dialogue in Gwich'in, Inuvialuktun, Pashto and English. The film premiered at the 2019 Vancouver International Film Festival, where it won the Audience Award for Most Popular Canadian Film. It subsequently won the award for Best Canadian Feature at the Edmonton International Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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