Movies - Centigrade, the first information

By Mulder, 21 may 2020

“Centigrade is one of those scripts that you pick up and don’t put down until you reach the end. It grabs you and smothers you in a real human relationship trapped in a bleak survival situation that could happen to anyone. This isn’t the adventurous hiker or mountain climber that gets caught in a sticky situation. It’s not the plane crash survivors who are left all alone, it’s not the divers or water experts left by their boat, nor the astronaut floating in space with no hope. This is about a married couple, like many we know, who pulled their car over during a storm at night and woke up trapped in the confines of their vehicle by a tremendous snowfall. And there it begins. We watch real humans with no training try to “common sense” their way through this grave situation. We experience a couple argue and console, bicker and blame, love and sacrifice their way through this problem. As a Director, I was intrigued by the challenge to shoot a majority of a film in one tiny location. I thought about how creative I could get with the camera in the confines of a car. I thought how great it would be that we could shoot the whole thing in order, as events happened to the actors. To make it feel like a play but with the added value of cinematic visuals score and sound design. It made me realize the potential it gave actors to give authentic performances and truly focus on two people going through one story. I couldn’t stop thinking about the project and as I re-read, new thoughts would come. First, these actors need to really be cold; we can’t add that in. They need to work and live in a cold space with real shivers and real cold breath. We started to research refrigerated containers, old meat packing plants, frozen food storage, and special effects. Then, how great would it be to have two actors who have an actual relationship. A real married couple or boyfriend/girlfriend, who have had these arguments about blame, who have kept secrets, and know how hard it is to get past them when they boil to the surface. When you take that experience, and unleash those real emotions in a freezing cold car where there’s nowhere to hide, you’ll get a powerful, thrilling film that will haunt audiences with its authenticity” – Brendan Walsh

Synopsis :
In 2002, a young American couple, Matthew and Naomi, travel to the arctic mountains of Norway. After pulling over during a snowstorm, they wake up trapped in their SUV, buried underneath layers of snow and Ice. As if the stakes aren’t high enough, it is revealed that Naomi is eight months pregnant in their frozen prison. With few resources, a dwindling food supply, and nothing but time, tension, blame, and personal secrets bubble to the surface. Matthew and Naomi realize they must work together to survive in a crippling battle against the elements, hypothermia, disturbing hallucinations, and plunging temperatures reaching as low as -30C. Will they all make it out of this alive.

Centigrade
Directed by Brendan Walsh
Produced by Amanda Bowers, Molly Conners, Emily McCann Lesser, Shubi Maini, Vincent Morano, Keri Nakamoto, Jane Oster, Bradley J. Ross, Brendan Walsh
Written by Daley Nixon and Brendan Walsh
With Genisis Rodriguez – Vincent Piazza
Executive producers : Lori Abrams, Gabriel Rosenzvit, Jerry Topitzer, Michael Sokolow
Music by Trey Toy, Matthew Wang
Cinematography : Seamus Tierney
Film Editing by Bradley J. Ross