The Breaking Ice

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Play Time: 97 mins
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The Breaking Ice

Overview:
In cold wintry Yanji, a city on China's northern border, young urbanite Haofeng, visiting from Shanghai, feels lost and adrift. By chance, he goes on a tour led by Nana, a charming tour guide who instantly fascinates him. She introduces him to Xiao, a personable but frustrated restaurant worker. The three bond quickly over a drunken weekend. Confronting their individual traumas, their frozen desires slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world.

Original Title:燃冬
Status: Released (2023-08-22)
Awards:4 wins & 9 nominations total
Screen:Anthony Chen
Productions: Canopy Pictures, Huace Pictures, Giraffe Pictures
Production Countries: China, Singapore
Spoken Languages: 普通话, 한국어/조선말
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Brent Marchant

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No matter how hard a film tries to convey a profound message through imagery and symbolism, if it doesn’t have a cohesive narrative underlying that undertaking, it’s not likely to succeed. Such is the case with this latest offering from writer-director Anthony Chen, who tells the sto ....

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