L'iceberg (2005)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Directors:

Dominique Abel
Fiona Gordon

Writers:

Dominique Abel (writer)
Fiona Gordon (writer)

Release Date:

7 December 2005 (Belgium)

Genre:

Comedy

Plot:

Fiona, Julien and their two clone-like children live a life appropriate to the robots they have become...

Plot Keywords:

Restaurant | Boat | Seaside | Bus Ride | Male Nudity

Awards:

2 wins & 3 nominations

Cast

Lucy Tulugarjuk	...	Nattikuttuk
Fiona Gordon	...	Fiona
Dominique Abel	...	Julien
Philippe Martz	...	René le marin
Thérèse Fichet	...	Fernande
Georges Jore	...	Achille
Louis Lecouvreur	...	Léon
Bruno Romy	...	Georges
Lola Hélie	...	Lola
Justine Fernandez	...	Rosalie
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Joseph Alex	...	Villageois
Madeleine Alex	...	Villageois
Oumar Bangoura	...	Clandestin
Virginie Binard	...	L'employée
Fanny Chausson	...	Douanier
Souleman Dankambarg	...	Clandestin
Mélanie Del Din
Leen Dervaux	...	L'employée
François Dioh	...	Le clandestin
Benoit Dupont	...	Le camionneur
Nicolas Fellner	...	L'employée
Louisette Fichet	...	Passager
Marie-Claude Godefroy	...	Passager
Robin Goupil	...	Le fils
Yvonne Guilaine	...	Ecossais
Denise Henri	...	Villageois
Dicko Kaou	...	Clandestin
Richard Karume	...	Le clandestin
Olga Kimpembe	...	Clandestin
Henri Lamache	...	Villageois
Erik Lambert	...	Chauffeur
Pierre Lecoeur	...	Ecossais
Colette Lehoux	...	Villageois
Christine Léonard	...	Facteur
Henri Letrecher	...	Passager
Marthe Makauba Zilu	...	Clandestin
Philippe Mathys	...	L'employée
Diane Mory	...	Clandestin
Claude M'Peti	...	Le clandestin
Dominique N'Diaye	...	Clandestin
Jo Nijns	...	Douanier
Marcelle Oliveres	...	Ecossais
Christiane Pignot	...	Villageois
Georges Pignot	...	Villageois
Michel Piquenot	...	Chauffeur
Ophélie Rousseau	...	La fille
Kevin Somao	...	Clandestin
Loïc Somao	...	Clandestin
Marie Somao	...	Clandestin
William Somao	...	Clandestin
Alice de Visscher	...	L'employée
Mamadou Wow	...	Clandestin

Runtime:

USA:84 min | France:84 min | Argentina:84 min

Country:

Belgium

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13

Company:

Courage Mon Amour

Tongues,Firmly Planted In (Icy) Cheeks

Make no mistake about it, Belgium is a country whose cinema is to be reckoned with. They are perfectly able to turn out some edgy psychological dramas ('De Zaak Alzeimers',or as it's known in this country,'Mind Of A Killer'),as well as some silly,surreal comedy's (as in the case of this film). The Iceberg is one of those films in the later category. The story concerns a middle aged housewife in Brussels, who accidentally gets locked in a meat locker in the local fast food take away where she manages,has a traumatic experience as a result of it, and ends up leaving her family to take up in a quirky seaside village in (one supposes)Scotland. What happens from there has to be seen to be believed. Slapstick comedy occasionally ensues this candy coloured gem of a film. I know I certainly walked out feeling good about myself. You'll have to keep your eyes opened,as this film probably won't play out at many cinemas (and as far as I know, no American standard DVD exists as of yet,despite the fact that the film was released in 2005).