Cold Comfort (film)
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| Directed by | Vic Sarin |
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| Cinematography | Vic Sarin |
| Edited by | Nick Rotundo |
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Running time | 111 min. |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
Cold Comfort is a Canadian psychological thriller film, released in 1989. The film was written by Richard Beattie and Elliot L. Sims based on the play by James Garrard, and directed by Vic Sarin.
Plot
The film stars Paul Gross as Stephen, a salesman who gets drawn into a sexual psychodrama between Floyd (Maury Chaykin), a sociopathic truck driver, and his daughter Dolores (Margaret Langrick), when the three are caught together in a blizzard. The film's cast also includes Jayne Eastwood, Ted Follows, Richard Fitch and Grant Roll.
Reception
The film won a Genie Award for Best Adapted Screenplay at the 1990 Genie Awards. It also garnered nominations for Best Picture, Best Actor (Chaykin), Best Actress (Langrick) and Best Musical Score (Mychael Danna and Jeff Danna).