The Ice Tower (2025)

Original title

La Tour de glace

Directed by

Lucile Hadžihalilović

Genre

drama film, fantasy film

Country

Germany, France, Italy

Runtime

1h 58m

Rated

NR

Rating

5.9 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In the 1970s, a runaway teenage orphan becomes infatuated with an actress who is playing the Snow Queen in a film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale. The orphan's fascination grows as she enters the actress's world, mixing reality with the fantasy of the film they are making.

dreamlikevisually lushslow-burnmelancholicmoodyetherealcerebralunsettling

What happens

The Ice Tower (French: La Tour de glace) is a 2025 fantasy drama film directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović from a screenplay she co-wrote with Geoff Cox. Set in the 1970s, it stars Marion Cotillard as an actress who is shooting a film adaptation of Hans Christian Andersen's fairy tale The Snow Queen, in which she plays the title character, and Clara Pacini as a runaway teenage orphan who becomes infatuated with the actress. The cast also includes August Diehl and Gaspar Noé in supporting roles. A co-production between France, Germany and Italy, the film had its world premiere at the 75th Berlin International Film Festival on 16 February 2025, where it won the Silver Bear for Outstanding Artistic Contribution. The Ice Tower received generally positive reviews from critics. It was ranked number 18 on Sight and Sound's list of "50 best films of 2025", and it also won the awards for Best Film and Best Production Design at the 2025 Neuchâtel Fantastic Film Festival, and the Zabaltegi-Tabakalera Award at the 2025 San Sebastián Film Festival. It was released theatrically in France by Metropolitan Filmexport on 17 September 2025, and in Germany by Grandfilm on 18 December 2025. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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