Ice Merchants

2022 [PORTUGUESE]

Animation / Drama / Fantasy

3
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 80%
IMDb Rating 7.6/10 10 3320 3.3K

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Director

João Gonzalez Photo
João Gonzalez

Top cast

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134.47 MB
1280*674
English 2.0
NR
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24 fps
12 hr 14 min
Seeds 4
249.39 MB
1920*1012
English 2.0
NR
us  
24 fps
12 hr 14 min
Seeds 24

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by 9 / 10

Slow pace, yet sublime and heart warming

It's incredible how a 14 minute movie without a single word can move you this much.With just simple and repeated scenes, the director manages to get you to know the characters. For that purpose, this movie makes use of color in a simple way that just makes sense. The slow pace just makes it feel natural and there is no rush to achieve the end of the story.I also loved the soundtrack, every second of it adds to the story and, in the absence of words, acts as a good way to show feelings from the characters.Loved this movie, and it's good to see it get this much attention, specially the Oscar nomination.
Reviewed by 8 / 10

Thoughtful, innovative and beautiful

This short about a father and son living in a tiny cabin anchored on the side of an immense and icy mountain-side cliff is totally absorbing. There is no spoken word but the music is great. Father and son eke out their existence by taking ice to the village far below by jumping off their porch and parachuting down, then they come back up using a rope system. Since I am somewhat acrophobic, parts were a little difficult for me to watch (the son sitting on a swing thousands of feet above the ground - oh my!) but the basic colored line drawings were so engaging and gorgeous that one could not finish the film.At first the ending is somewhat open to interpretation. Watching it a second and third time I picked up the hints scattered along the way as to what was happening that I had not fully grasped on my first viewing. I so appreciate being able to watch it on The New Yorker Screening Room.
Reviewed by 9 / 10

Wonderful animated short!

Absolutely gorgeous 14 minute short about a father and son that parachute off a steep mountain daily sometimes stylish and always peaceful! Hugely focused on feeling a sense of warmth even shortly. Ice Merchants is so good the bonding, the look of everything, and impressive! Magnificent and scary when heat finally arrives when the father and son least expect it; I can't imagine living the way they did. The music is quite tranquil and I love how the hat mountain towards the end looks like candy corn. Quite an interesting animated short that defiantly deserves some recognition regardless of win or not would highly recommend!
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