Films from director Anthony Chen have represented Singapore three times at the Oscars. After “Ilo Ilo” in 2013 and “Wet Season” in 2020, he’s back with “The Breaking Ice,” a lovely, light-on-its-feet drama in which a melancholy young man from Singapore falls into an unlikely relationship with a tour guide and her boyfriend in a frigid Chinese town near the North Korean border.
What was the impetus for this film?
To be honest, I had a real existential crisis during the pandemic when cinemas closed and film production stopped. I thought this is the beginning of the end, you know? And when you’re stuck, you look to find a new direction.
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