La Tour de Glace
Colder than ice, her kiss pierces the heart ... It is the 1970s and, drawn by the lights of the city in the valley below, 16-year-old Jeanne runs away from a children’s home high in the mountains. She takes refuge in a film studio which she secretly explores at night. By day, the film The Snow Queen is being shot there, starring the enigmatic Cristina in the title role. Jeanne falls instantly under the spell of the beautiful, tormented star. A mutual fascination develops between the actor and the girl. Little by little, Jeanne starts to play an increasingly important role in the shoot. As her obsession with the Snow Queen’s realm grows, between set and screen, film and reality merge in a magical, labyrinthine game. But there is a price to pay. Does Jeanne love the Snow Queen enough to make the sacrifice she demands?
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Runtime
118 min -
Country
Germany, France -
Year of Presentation
2025 -
Year of Production
2025 -
Director
Lucile Hadžihalilović -
Cast
Marion Cotillard, Clara Pacini, August Diehl, Gaspar Noé, Marine Gesbert, Lilas-Rose Gilberti -
Production Company
3B Productions, Davis Films, Sutor Kolonko, Arte France, Bayerischer Rundfunk -
Berlinale Section
Competition -
Berlinale Category
Feature Film
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Biography Lucile Hadžihalilović
The writer and director co-founded the production company Les Cinémas de la Zone in the early 1990s with Gaspar Noé, with whom she collaborated on several films. Her debut feature La bouche de Jean-Pierre, for which she was responsible for directing, writing, editing, and producing, premiered in 1996 in the Un Certain Regard section of the Cannes International Film Festival. In 2004, her mystery drama Innocence received the New Directors Award in San Sebastián; her horror film Evolution won the Special Jury Prize there in 2015, and Earwig was awarded Best Film in 2022. In 2018, she was a guest at Generation with her short film De Natura.
Filmography Lucile Hadžihalilović
1996 La bouche de Jean-Pierre (Mimi) | 2004 Innocence | 2014 Nectar | 2015 Evolution | 2017 De Natura | 2022 Earwig | 2025 La Tour de Glace (The Ice Tower)