Latitude 55°

Latitude 55° is a 1982 Canadian drama/adventure film.

Latitude 55°
Directed byJohn Juliani
Produced byDonna Wong-Juliani
Harold Lee Tichenor
Written byJohn Juliani
Sharon Riis
StarringAndrée Pelletier
August Schellenberg
Music byVictor Davies
CinematographyRobert Ennis
Edited byDoris Dyck
Barbara Evans
Distributed byInternational Spectrafilm
Release date
November 26, 1982
Running time
102 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish
Budget$ 800,000

Plot

Wanda Woodsworth (Andrée Pelletier), a field worker for the Department of Culture, is on her way home to the city after a winter assignment in the northern part of Alberta. Her car breaks down on the deserted highway and as the weather worsens she finds herself stranded in the middle of a blizzard. Her initial calm gives way to anxiety and eventually to panic as she desperately tries to stay awake and alive. At the height of the blizzard, Wanda is rescued by a local potato farmer, Joseph Przysiezny (August Schellenberg), who carries her to a dilapidated shack nearby. For two days and two nights, while waiting for the blizzard to pass, two people stalk each other restlessly, inexorably, with humour and passion, in a painfully revealing series of confrontations that runs the gamut from mistrust and terror to physical intimacy and almost religious ecstasy.

Recognition

  • 1983
    • Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction – Richard Hudolin
    • Genie Award for Best Achievement in Costume Design – Wendy Partridge
    • Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role – August Schellenberg
    • Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role – Andrée Pelletier
    • Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay – John Juliani, Sharon Riis
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