Cold Comfort (film)

Cold Comfort
Directed by Vic Sarin
Produced by
  • Ilana Frank
  • Ray Sager
Written by
  • Richard Beattie
  • Elliot L. Sims
Starring
Music by
Cinematography Vic Sarin
Edited by Nick Rotundo
Release dates
  • 1989 (1989)
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).

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