The Breaking Ice

Country
China
Production Year
2023
Running Time
97
Genre
Drama
Age
21+
love, friendship | Sex Scene

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.

Location
CGV Grand Indonesia
Studio
AUDI 3
Date
29/10/2023
Time
14:45 - 16:27
Director
Anthony Chen
Anthony Chen is an award-winning writer, director, and producer from Singapore. Anthony Chen became the first Singaporean to be awarded at Cannes with a short film AH MA in 2007. His debut feature, ILO ILO (2013), was awarded the Caméra d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival, followed by 40 awards internationally, including 4 Golden Horse Awards. His sophomore film, WET SEASON (2019), was nominated for the Platform Prize at the Toronto International Film Festival. Both films are Singapore’s official submissions for the Academy Awards. In 2021, he contributed a short to the anthology film THE YEAR OF THE EVERLASTING STORM, which premiered at Cannes. DRIFT marked his English-language debut and premiered at Sundance 2023. THE BREAKING ICE is his first Chinese-language film made in China.