The Ice Tower is a bold, daring and ambitious film by Lucile Hadžihalilović that pushes the boundaries of film to new horizons in a homage to Powell & Pressburger’s The Red Shoes and Black Narcissus that taps into idolisation of celebrity and obsession with the status that comes from it. The mirrors of 15 year old Jeanne and celebrity Snow Queen Cristina, played by Marion Cotillard in an adaption of the Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale; are similar from the off – Cristina takes Clara Pacini’s Jeanne, now going as Bianca, under her wing – and the two’s emotions flair in a study of character and control; and the myth of the Snow Queen – those closest to her are demanded a sacrifice.

The drama is cold and unwelcoming and appropriately insane – Hadžihalilović has a unique touch that fe

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