Published 20:27 IST, December 2nd 2020

Is Centigrade movie a true story? Were the Norway couple stuck in a blizzard real?

Is Centigrade movie a true story? Read on about the apparent 'Norway couple' story stuck in a blizzard. The movie is one of the survival movies released in 2020

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Survival movies are a huge thrill amongst thriller genre movie fanatics. One such film is Centigre which showcased  story of a young couple who are stuck inside a car which is immobilized due to severe snow and ice. Many survival movies get hype before film after y are me on a true story. Many viewers are however curious about  film Centigre and want to know answer to 'Is Centigre movie a true story?'

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Is Centigre movie a true story?

According to Roger Ebert, film Centigre is inspired by a true story. Indiewire specifies that even though film Centigre is not a true story, however, it is inspired by real stories and real people who have gone through such situations mselves and somehow me it out alive. film is though not based on an American novelist and her husband as film's screenplay describes it to be. 

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Brendan Walsh directed film was written by Walsh himself along with Daley Nixon. Centigre stars Genesis Rodriguez, Vincent Piazza, and Louis Cancelmi in le roles. film was released by IFC Midnight for limited atres and was also available as a video on demand on August 28, 2020.

movie's plot indicates that film Centigre is set up in snow-cl mountains of Norway, however, majority of scenes were shot inside an ice cream truck itself, according to heraldtribune. According to same portal, film was actually shot in a chronological manner for a period of 24 days as makers wanted male protagonist to grow his beard throughout course of time and this also gave onscreen couple time to exercise and diet during ir off days of week, so that y lost weight for ir role. filmmakers, however, did go to Norway to shoot for some exterior scenes of film, while for rest of time y shot in New York. 

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movie showcases story of a young Norway couple named Matw and Naomi who survived this incident in 2002. It is also shown that Naomi is 8 months pregnant in this film. movie gives enough amount of elements for viewers to get drawn to plot of film. However, critics gave a score of 46 out of 100 on Metacritic, while on Rotten Tomatoes film got a rating of 5.73/10 and a 40% approval rating. 

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20:27 IST, December 2nd 2020