Footprints in the Snow

Footprints in the Snow

2005 · 96 min · ★ 4.0 · Drama

Paralysed from the waist down after a car crash, Julie Hill struggles to get used to her disability and to save her marriage. It looks as if her husband will leave her. Then doctors try a revolutionary treatment which feeds electrical impulses to her leg muscles - allowing her to ride a bicycle once again and so go out for bike rides with her family. Her marriage survives and she and her husband end up closer together than before.

Directed by Richard Spence · Written by Nigel Williams

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