Dance on Thin Ice

Dance on Thin Ice

32 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Sept. 20, 2017

Dance On Thin Ice tells the story of Felix, a twelve-year-old boy who is left to spend Christmas alone while his parents travel to India. A reluctant Felix ends up as an ice cream seller at a deserted swimming stadium, where the surface of the pool has frozen solid. But the swimming stadium is not completely deserted after all. Felix meets a dark-haired refugee girl called Fakira, whose parents were killed in a bombing in Syria.A dreamlike story where two young strangers to each other, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances. Together, they make the impossible possible.Dance On Thin Ice is a story about alienation and the latent power of being different. The main characters of the film are misfits. In their own way, there is something “wrong” with them, but at the same time, something unique. Together, they right a wrong. The film shows the world through the eyes of a child, on a child’s terms. The themes of the film are tolerance and overcoming oneself.

Dance on Thin Ice

32 mins | Drama, Fantasy | Sept. 20, 2017

Dance on Thin Ice
Dance On Thin Ice tells the story of Felix, a twelve-year-old boy who is left to spend Christmas alone while his parents travel to India. A reluctant Felix ends up as an ice cream seller at a deserted swimming stadium, where the surface of the pool has frozen solid. But the swimming stadium is not completely deserted after all. Felix meets a dark-haired refugee girl called Fakira, whose parents were killed in a bombing in Syria.A dreamlike story where two young strangers to each other, a boy and a refugee girl, meet under unusual circumstances. Together, they make the impossible possible.Dance On Thin Ice is a story about alienation and the latent power of being different. The main characters of the film are misfits. In their own way, there is something “wrong” with them, but at the same time, something unique. Together, they right a wrong. The film shows the world through the eyes of a child, on a child’s terms. The themes of the film are tolerance and overcoming oneself.
Producers
Original title Dans på tunn is
Directors PV Lehtinen
Writers Jan Nåls

Cast

Robin Wegelius

as Felix

Tolue Taheri

as Fakira

Abdeslam Chellaf

as Flygande Sultanen

Göran Schauman

as Onkel Tommen

Linda Zilliacus

as Mamma

Sampo Sarkola

as Pappa

Paul Olin

as Solsystemets sämsta simvakter 1

Stan Saanila

as Solsystemets sämsta simvakter 2

Jouko Puolanto

as Solsystemets sämsta simvakter 3

Mikko Forsström

as Clown 1

Tuukka Palonen

as Clown 2

Max Bremer

as Hallåman (voice)