Capsule Reviews of AFI Festival Movies : <i> Following are reviews for the American Film Institute Film Festival. All screenings are at the Cineplex Odeon Century Plaza Cinemas unless otherwise indicated. : </i> : TODAY
- Share via
‘The Ice Palace’
Norway, 1987, 78 minutes , 5:45 p.m. A cerebral saga of desires within young girls. Writer-director Per Blom trusts too much to our imagination in establishing a friendship between two preteens. The orphaned outsider--as a result of a freakish accident--becomes caught inside an ice cavern where the threat of hypothermia is painstakingly viewed. The obvious becomes oblique, suggesting something grander than what’s actually on film.
Only good movies
Get the Indie Focus newsletter, Mark Olsen's weekly guide to the world of cinema.
You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times.
