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Director
  
Petri Kotwica

Budget
  
1.8 million EUR

Duration
  

Country
  
FinlandGermany

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Thriller

Music director
  
Eicca Toppinen

Writer
  
Petri Kotwica

Language
  
EnglishFinnish

Black Ice (2007 film) movie poster

Release date
  
19 October 2007

Cast
  
Outi Mäenpää
(Saara),
Ria Kataja
(Tuuli),
Martti Suosalo
(Leo),
Ville Virtanen
(Ilkka),
Sara Paavolainen
(Lea),
Netta Heikkilä
(Krista)

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Black Ice (Finnish: Musta jää) is a 2007 Finnish drama film written and directed by Petri Kotwica. Produced as a Finnish-German joint production, it stars actors Outi Mäenpää, Martti Suosalo and Ria Kataja in a twisted love triangle.

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The film was first screened at the Helsinki International Film Festival on 26 September 2007 before being released to the Finnish movie theaters on 19 October 2007.

Black Ice (2007 film) movie scenes

Black Ice was nominated for nine Jussi Awards, eventually winning five, including Best Lead Actress (Outi Mäenpää) and Best Film. Petri Kotwica was also nominated for Best Director at the Berlin International Film Festival as was Ria Kataja for her role as Tuuli at the Festroia International Film Festival.

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Plot

Musta jää is a psychological Ménage à trois, where two women compete for the same man. Saara is a doctor who finds out her husband, an architecture teacher, is having an affair with a young student called Tuuli. Saara develops a new identity so she can befriend her husband's mistress. The movie takes place in Helsinki.

Cast

  • Outi Mäenpää as Saara, the wife. After finding out that her husband is cheating on her, Saara decides to create a new identity as Crista and befriends her husband's mistress in order to find out what he sees in her.
  • Martti Suosalo as Leo, the husband. An architecture teacher who seems to enjoy the attention he receives from his students. It is revealed by Tuuli that she is not the first affair he's had.
  • Ria Kataja as Tuuli, as the mistress. A student under Leo's tutelage, she eventually comes to perceive Saara's alter ego as a friend only to realize that something is not right.
  • Ville Virtanen as Ilkka, Leo's business partner and Lea's husband.
  • Sara Paavolainen as Lea, Leo's sister. She works at the hospital with Saara.

    • Other cast members include: Netta Heikkilä as Krista; Väinö Heiskanen as Joonas; Philipp Danne as Uwe; Matti Laine as Komu; Emilia Sinisalo as Receptionist; and Anne von Keller as Nurse.

    Soundtrack

    The soundtrack for the film "Black Ice" was composed by Eicca Toppinen, a member of the band Apocalyptica. The title track, "Black Ice," was performed by Hanna Pakarinen and released as a promotional single for the film. Accompanying this release was a music video that included scenes from the film. The lyrics for the theme song were penned by Johnny Andrews.

    1. "Interlude" - 3:29
    2. "Deception" - 3:26
    3. "Alone in the Dark" - 4:02
    4. "New Start" - 1:37
    5. "Caesarean" - 2:59
    6. "Cooma II" - 6:39
    7. "Terror" - 4:01
    8. "Dream" - 3:58
    9. "Fragility" - 2:57
    10. "Exposure" - 2:41
    11. "Love Song" - 3:43
    12. "Iced Plan" - 1:39
    13. "Evil Ground" - 3:34
    14. "Transformation" - 2:35
    15. "Atonement" - 2:09
    16. "Black Ice" (ft. Hanna Pakarinen) - 4:05

    Remake

    Korean film Love, In Between is based on this film.

    References

    Black Ice (2007 film) Wikipedia
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    Black Ice (2007 film) IMDb Black Ice (2007 film) themoviedb.org


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