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Against the Ice

2022 · 101 min

A gruelling, quietly gripping trudge through endless white, where cold and isolation press in and two men's fraying bond becomes the only warmth.

Directed by: Peter Flinth
Genres: Drama, Adventure, History
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Charles Dance

Tagline: Survive the search. Survive each other.
Overview: In 1909, two explorers fight to survive after they're left behind while on a Danish expedition in ice-covered Greenland.

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Directed by: Peter Flinth
Genres: Drama, Adventure, History
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Charles Dance

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Tone: bleakstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: survival
isolation
friendship
obsession
madness
Places: wilderness
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none

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Action	4
Horror	3
Humour	2
Realism	8
Romance	2
Tension	6
Darkness	6
Complexity	4
Emotional weight	7

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Genres: drama, adventure, history
Directed by: Peter Flinth
Written by: Joe Derrick, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau
Starring: Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Joe Cole, Charles Dance, Heida Reed, Gísli Örn Garðarsson, Sam Redford, Diarmaid Murtagh, Ed Speleers
Music: Volker Bertelmann
Cinematography: Torben Forsberg
Runtime: 101 min
Country: Denmark, Iceland
Languages: English

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