The Breaking Ice

Haofeng - a little strange, a little depressed, a little lost - arrives at a at the China-Korea border in the dead of winter. What at first seems to be an unwanted invitation becomes a life altering moment when he meets Nana, a local tour guide, and her friend Xiao. Over a drunken weekend, the three confront their individual traumas and allow their frozen desires to slowly thaw as they seek to liberate themselves from an icy world. The Breaking Ice borders on the sentimental, but with arresting camerawork, capturing both the wintery vistas and the most intimate moments, and the superb performances, the film will stay with you long after the lights turn on.