The Thawing of Ice (2024)

Original title

La fonte des glaces

Directed by

François Péloquin

Genre

psychological thriller, police film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 46m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A parole officer runs an experimental program for murder convicts nearing parole. She faces a crisis when evidence suggests one of the men may have killed her mother.

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What happens

The Thawing of Ice (French: La Fonte des glaces) is a Canadian drama film, directed by François Péloquin and released in 2024. The film stars Christine Beaulieu as Louise Denoncourt, a parole officer who runs an experimental rehabilitation program for murder convicts who are nearing eligibility for parole, but who faces challenges when evidence emerges that Marc St-Germain (Lothaire Bluteau), one of the criminals in her program, may have committed the still-unsolved murder of her mother. The cast also includes Marc Béland, Étienne Lou, Pierre-Paul Alain, Jean-Luc Kanapé, Abdelghafour Elaaziz and Ayana O'Shun. The film premiered at the Cinéma du Musée in Montreal on March 14, 2024, before opening commercially on March 22. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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