The Breaking Ice
Watch TrailerIn 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.
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📋 Film Details
| Original Title | 燃冬 |
| Year | 2023 |
| Country | China, Singapore |
| Genre | Drama |
| Director | Anthony Chen |
| Runtime | 100 min. |
| Rating | TMDB: 6.4/10 (51 votes) |
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🎬 MovieFinder's Take
The film is a quiet, nearly tactile portrait of loneliness, shot with piercing intimacy. The camera captures not dialogue, but glances, breath in the cold, and the space between characters, building a potent emotional aura.
What lingers after viewing is a melancholic immersion into a generation's sense of drift, where atmosphere and the unspoken carry more weight than plot. It leaves a faint chill and an aching tenderness for these three lost souls. — MovieFinder Editorial
Director: Anthony Chen
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Alone, under a blanket, on a dark and cold evening.
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