Snow and Ashes

Snow and Ashes

Two war correspondents. Only one comes back.

2010 · 110 min · ★ 3.2 · Drama, Thriller, War

Blaise Dumas, war correspondent, covers an armed conflict in Eastern Europe. When he wakes from a temporary coma in his home town of Quebec City, Blaise discovers that his long time collaborator and photographer has not come back with him. He then sets out to recapture the events that led to his friend's disappearance and his own narrow escape from the war zone.

Directed by Charles-Olivier Michaud · Written by Charles-Olivier Michaud

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