A drama focused on the friendship between a high-functioning autistic woman and a man who is traumatized after a fatal car accident.
Acting
Weaver's autistic portrayal is specific, never patronizing.
Writing
Script balances deadpan humor with genuine devastation.
Cinematography
Frozen Canadian landscapes mirror emotional isolation.
Director
Marc Evans
Alan Rickman
Alex Hughes
Sigourney Weaver
Linda
Carrie-Anne Moss
Maggie
Emily Hampshire
Vivienne Freeman
James Allodi
Clyde
Janet van de Graaf
Meryl
Julie Stewart
Florence
Selina Cadell
Diane Wooton
Callum Keith Rennie
John Neil
David Fox
Dirk Freeman
Jayne Eastwood
Ellen Freeman
Jackie Laidlaw
Louise
Susan Coyne
Deborah the Neighbour
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Sigourney Weaver spent months researching autism, including time with Temple Grandin. She insisted Linda's specific food rituals (only red things, no touching) come from real autistic adults, not screenwriter imagination.
The film quietly revolutionized autistic representation by casting a neurotypical actress yet centering autistic community consultants—rare for 2006. Linda's joy in her own life, not 'overcoming' autism, was quietly radical.
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