Credited cast: | |||
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Lucy Tulugarjuk | ... | Nattikuttuk |
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Fiona Gordon | ... | Fiona |
Dominique Abel | ... | Julien | |
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Philippe Martz | ... | René le marin |
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Thérèse Fichet | ... | Fernande |
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Georges Jore | ... | Achille |
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Louis Lecouvreur | ... | Léon |
Bruno Romy | ... | Georges | |
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Lola Hélie | ... | Lola |
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Justine Fernandez | ... | Rosalie |
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
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Joseph Alex | ... | Villageois |
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Madeleine Alex | ... | Villageois |
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Oumar Bangoura | ... | Clandestin |
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Virginie Binard | ... | L'employée |
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Fanny Chausson | ... | Douanier |
Fiona, Julien and their two clone-like children live a life appropriate to the robots they have become, in a style-less, cheerless suburb somewhere in the flatlands of French-speaking Europe. Even the simple act of buttering and eating a roll takes on the appearance of an assembly line. When Fiona, who manages a fast-food restaurant, accidentally locks herself in the restaurant's walk-in freezer overnight, her family doesn't even miss her. She realizes how pointless her life has become and runs away; to seek happiness, put her life right again and perhaps to visit the icebergs with which she begins an obsession. On a bus trip to nowhere, she becomes friendly with an older lady, Fernande, who offers Fiona a place to stay and diversion in her seaside community. There, Fiona becomes attracted to René, who owns a small sailboat, and has been a deaf-mute since a fire in which his parents died. In time, the pair embark on a sailing voyage, unknowingly pursued by the persistent Julien, who ... Written by Joe Jurca
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).