The Thawing of Ice | |
Native Name: | |
Director: | François Péloquin |
Producer: | Ziad Touma |
Starring: | Christine Beaulieu Lothaire Bluteau |
Music: | Mathieu Charbonneau |
Cinematography: | François Messier-Rheault |
Editing: | Carina Baccanale |
Studio: | Couzin Films |
Distributor: | Maison 4:3 |
Runtime: | 106 minutes |
Country: | Canada |
Language: | French |
The Thawing of Ice (French: La Fonte des glaces) is a Canadian drama film, directed by François Péloquin and released in 2024.[1] The film stars Christine Beaulieu as Louise Denoncourt, a parole officer who runs an experimental rehabilitation program for murder convicts who are nearing eligibility for parole, but who faces challenges when evidence emerges that Marc St-Germain (Lothaire Bluteau), one of the criminals in her program, may have committed the still-unsolved murder of her mother.[2]
The cast also includes Marc Béland, Étienne Lou, Pierre-Paul Alain, Jean-Luc Kanapé, Abdelghafour Elaaziz and Ayana O'Shun.[3]
The film premiered at the Cinéma du Musée in Montreal on March 14, 2024,[3] before opening commercially on March 22.[4]