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Latitude 55
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Wikipedia article
'Latitude 55' is a 1982 Canadian drama/adventure film.
Plot
Wanda Woodsworth (Andre 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 Andre Pelletier
** Genie Award for Best Original Screenplay John Juliani, Sharon Riis
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