(Musta jÄÄ)
Finland/Germany 2007. Director: Petri Kotwica
Cast: Outi MÄenpÄÄ, Ria Kataja, Martti Suosala, Ville Virtanen, Sara Paavolainen
“Petri Kotwica’s darkly inventive second film, Black Ice, tries to be at one and the same time a Hitchcockian thriller, a horror version of a Feydeau farce, and an intense marriage drama of love, betrayal and jealousy in the tradition of Ingmar Bergman. Although this does sound like an indigestible cocktail, the mood of highly-charged dramatic and sexual tension is so well sustained, the script turns are managed with such bravura, and the three central performances are so mesmerising that Kotwica almost gets away with his hugely ambitious gameplan” (Lee Marshall, Screen Daily). Gynaecologist Saara (Outi Mäenpää, an Aki Kaurismäki regular) has a fit when she discovers condoms hidden by her architect husband Leo (Martti Suosala). Seeking revenge, she manages to track down Leo’s mistress, the much younger Tuuli (Ria Kataja), a martial-arts instructor. Masquerading as a psychologist named Crista, Saara befriends the young woman . . . Black Ice won Jussi Awards (the Finnish Oscars) for Best Film, Director, Script, Actress (Mäenpää) and Editing. "Audacious . . .Shot with a controlled palette of greys, greens and blues . . . a striking visual package” (Marshall). Colour, 35mm, in Finnish with English subtitles. 110 mins.
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