The Ice Tower

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The Ice Tower

Oct 2025

1h 58m

Fantasy

Drama

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Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and she becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina, an actress who is just as mysterious and alluring as the Queen she is playing.

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Gorgeous as frost and just as brittle, The Ice Tower occasionally wobbles as a narrative but largely excels as an atmospheric meditation on the creative process.

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Wendy Ide

Observer (UK)

The story can feel glacial in its pacing as well as its aesthetic. But it’s a work of meticulous beauty, both in the refracted, crystalline visuals and the enchanting score by Olivier Messiaen.

Nov 25, 2025

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Kevin Maher

The Times (UK)

Cotillard and Pacini are a gripping double act, and a subterranean theme of childhood loss provides bonus emotional ballast.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 25, 2025

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Anton Bitel

Little White Lies

The Ice Tower is as fragile and delicate as a snowflake, as disorientating and mysterious as adolescence, and as dark as a winter’s night.

Rated: 5/5

Nov 24, 2025

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William Stottor

Movie Marker

In The Ice Tower, Lucile Hadžihalilović (Earwig) blurs the line between reality and dreams with such abandon and flexibility that, in theory, such a line barely exists.

Rated: 4/5

Nov 28, 2025

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Katie Hogan

FILMHOUNDS Magazine

With some fantastic visuals throughout and strong performances, those who have appreciated Hadzihalilovic's previous films will enjoy this story. It's certainly a film of a different calibre, a haunting and unnerving fairy-tale.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 25, 2025

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Filipe Freitas

Always Good Movies

But does its dreamlike, phantasmagoric aura carry us anywhere more profound than the merely artistic? Not quite. The narrative eventually freezes, suffocating without knowing where to go next. It’s a film that transfixes more than it enchants.

Rated: 3/5

Nov 21, 2025

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themanicexec

a film you don't just watch... you feel it, and let it envelope your entire being in the ethereal fever dream with all its beauty and tension that's as brittle as ice.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

11/03/25

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Stephen C

Success in 1 hour and 58 minutes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/04/25

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Lucile Hadzihalilovic

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Marion Cotillard

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Clara Pacini

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August Diehl

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Gaspar Noé

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Lila-Rose Gilberti

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Synopsis

Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and she becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina, an actress who is just as mysterious and alluring as the Queen she is playing.

Director: Lucile Hadzihalilovic
Producer: Muriel Merlin
Screenwriter: Lucile Hadzihalilovic, Geoff Cox
Distributor: Yellow Veil Pictures
Production Co: 3B Productions
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 3, 2025, Limited
Runtime: 1h 58m

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