Overview

• The film follows a 15-year-old runaway who slips onto a movie set reworking Hans Christian Andersen’s The Snow Queen, where reality and fantasy blur.
• Marion Cotillard stars as the icy screen icon Cristina opposite newcomer Clara Pacini as Jeanne, whose fixation drives the film’s perspective.
• Critics describe a glacial, creepily immersive tone shaped by deliberate artifice, from fake snow and painted backdrops to a pared-down soundscape.
• Directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović and co-written with Geoff Cox, the 118-minute feature showcases cinematography by Jonathan Ricquebourg.
• The Ice Tower opens in select theaters on October 3 after a Berlinale debut and a September release in France.