La foresta di ghiaccio

Filmed in the Italian Alps, the scenery is spectacular, and it seemed very clear that it was filmed in winter. I don't think any of the snow was artificial. It is necessary to pay attention, and it is in subtitles, so expect to miss a lot. Lana is a police investigator, who is on the trail a missing girl. In the small town, she seems to uncover more than she expected, but her boss isn't really interested in following up her leads, as he says they amount to nothing. But she keeps pleading for more time. And among a group of rather unpleasant men, there is talk about a handover which intrigues her. If one likes movies with smoking, there is a lot, as almost everyone smokes. The ending really wraps things up, but one really is almost required to know a lot of history to make sense of things. And that history is related to the first scene. They throw in a mysterious 'bear' in the forest that kills. It really seems a movie without a plot until the end.

But not for all audiences. It takes place in the wolderness where demons from the past emerge among the mountains. Events related to the war in Bosnia. Emir Kusturica is awesome in thuis underrated Italian flick, very beautifully photographed and acted too. It should have been more or best released. I recommend it.

Good film absolutely DESTROYED by appalling American dubbing. Trying to watch in Italian with English subs is just as bad. Half of the lines are completely ignored and your left having to fill in the blanks.

I am amazed at People giving this Movie Terrible ratings! Are you kidding me? I was hooked from the first 5 minutes into this thought provoking story line. This Movie had it all. A beginning leading up to the beginning. The Middle, 3/4 til the end and then the ending.

Each individual Actor in this Movie were mesmerizing. These Actors were ALL important in this Movie then add in their excellent acting skills.

I gravitate towards any Movies that are NOT American Movies. Yes I am an American but because I have been groomed from a very young age to appreciate Perfection in the Movie of my likings. It is the Actors that make the Movie. Not the Movie that makes the Actors. I firmly believe this. Now for myself I am 63 years old young. 98% of American Movies and Actors bore me to tears!!! I can predict, figure out the Movies entireity from the beginning. So for me I welcome foreign Movies. Korean Movies are usually my go to Movies, I always always enjoy them. They put their Hearts and Souls into ALL of thier productions. Plus Korean Actors are the best of the best. I gravitate towards European Movies as well. Then Irish/Brit, etc.

I rate this Movie in every aspect of a Winner of a Movie a "Perfect 10". I simply cannot understand the persons that said more or less this was la bomba!!!! No way, No how. Solid Acting, terrific meaning,Breath taking scenery......Please do not think twice,,,If you are picky as I am you will be glued to your TV screen as I was....

(2014)The Ice forest/ La foresta di ghiaccio MYSTERY DRAMA

Co-written and directed by Claudio Noce which opens with a young child asked to run away from what I assumed was his father in the dark snow before the movie jumps 20 years later. And that young child grows up to be Pietro (Domenico Diele) or as the boss, Lorenzo (Adriano Giannini) who employs him calls him "Grease monkey" since he has a knack for repairing things that involve motors and so forth. Meanwhile, what it looked like was a female reporter, Lana (Kseniya Rappoport) is attempting to gather some evidence for from a guy name Secondo (Emir Kusturica) the owner of the power plant located high at the snowy alps and was given three more days to track down some evidence regarding criminal wrong doing involving migrants.