movie, The Breaking Ice

The Breaking Ice,” from writer/director Anthony Chen, is about three lost souls facing the frozen world outside and in. It takes place in the midst of winter, near the border of China and North Korea. The scenes of ice and snow are exquisitely composed and lit, with a score that often includes soft, shimmery chords that evoke the feeling of breathing frigid air. They also evoke the film’s tone, more a mood piece than a plot-driven, structured narrative.

The title is taken literally from the first scene, where we see people making bricks out of ice, and shortly after, when we meet Li Haofeng (Haoran Liu), who crunches the ice from his drink as he attends a reception following the wedding of a Korean colleague. He barely interacts with the other guests. Instead, he wanders off to the roof, gazing down at the wintery landscape, clearly thinking about jumping. But a tour bus pulls up, with Nana (Dongyu Zhou) leading Chinese visitors through the expat Korean community near the Changbai Mountains. The next day, Haofeng joins the tour, though he remains disconnected and remote.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Pxo8or497E
https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-breaking-ice-movie-review-2024

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