The Breaking Ice

The Breaking Ice

97 mins | Drama | Aug. 22, 2023

In 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.

The Breaking Ice

97 mins | Drama | Aug. 22, 2023

The Breaking Ice
In 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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers Huace Pictures (Tianjing), Giraffe Pictures, Canopy Pictures
Original title 燃冬
Directors Anthony Chen
Writers Anthony Chen

Cast

Zhou Dongyu

as Nana

刘昊然

as Hao Feng

屈楚萧

as Han Xiao