The read
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
Synopsis
Jeanne, a 15-year-old orphan, witnesses the shoot for a film adaptation of the fairy tale The Snow Queen, and she becomes fascinated by its star, Cristina, an actress who is just as mysterious and alluring as the Queen she is playing.
Ratings
IMDb6/10
Rotten Tomatoes81%
Metacritic80/100
Critics rate it 20 points higher than audiences do.
28 audience votes
Key crew
- Lucile HadžihalilovićWriter
- Geoff CoxWriter
- Lucile HadžihalilovićDirector
Cast
- Marion CotillardCristina / The Snow Queen
- Clara PaciniJeanne / Bianca
- August DiehlMax
- Marine GesbertStéphanie
- Lila-Rose GilbertiChloé
- Gaspar NoéDino, the Director
- Dounia SichovThe First Assistant Director
- Valentina VezzosoBianca
- Cassandre Louis UrbainRose
- Aurélia PetitNarrator (voice)
- Raphael ReboulThe Second Assistant Director
- Carmen HaidacherReceptionist
Stills
Themes
fairy tale1970ssnowfemale protagonistwoman directorfilm within a filmsnow queenyoung sisterssistersactressfilm set