The Ice Tower
2025 · Movie · NR · 118 min · ★ 5.9 · 75% critics
A lonely teenager stumbles onto the set of a film version of a classic fairy tale and becomes drawn to the mysterious star at its center. As the production unfolds, fascination, fantasy, and reality begin to blur in a moody story about obsession and escape.
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Details
- Original title
- La Tour de glace
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-09-17
- Language
- French
- Rated
- NR
- Runtime
- 118 min
- Critic score
- 75/100
- TMDB rating
- 5.9/10 (21 votes)
About
You may like this if you enjoy slow, moody dramas where fairy-tale imagery and uneasy fascination matter more than plot, especially if Bluebeard or The Five Devils worked for you; Not for you if you want energy or clear momentum.
Pros: eerie atmosphere; strong lead presence; intriguing fairy-tale setup | Cons: very slow pace; thin emotional pull; melodrama over mystery
Themes
- fairy tale
- 1970s
- snow
- female protagonist
- woman director
- film within a film
- snow queen
- young sisters
- sisters
- actress
- film set
Cast & crew
Marion Cotillard
as Cristina / The Snow Queen
Clara Pacini
as Jeanne / Bianca
August Diehl
as Max
Marine Gesbert
as Stéphanie
Lila-Rose Gilberti
as Chloé
Gaspar Noé
as Dino, the Director
Dounia Sichov
as The First Assistant Director
Valentina Vezzoso
as Bianca
Cassandre Louis Urbain
as Rose
Aurélia Petit
as Narrator (voice)
Directed by Lucile Hadžihalilović