“Breaking Ice” is modern China’s Millennial existential movie.
It shows you not all Chinese are monolithic stereotypes and different regions represents different Chinese, thru job opportunities and fashion.
It also proves not all Asians are monolithic.
The Chinese border on North Korea, is China’s Wyoming, Communist Industrial zone that’s still remote frontier for other Chinese, gawking at North Koreans in North Korean theme amusement park towns.
A Singapore, China’s Manhattan, stockbroker hides out from the urban grind and his disappointed mom, while the rustic, rural folks admire and wish to steal his classic, cashmere navy blue overcoat.
This is where a failed figure skater turned local tour guide and her high school drop-out, clad in plaid flannel, team up with this burnt out stockbroker.
Letting loose in China’s idea of a country frontier is what “Breaking Ice” is all about.
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