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cebernhardt Kotwica's Black Ice (2007) manages to tackle almost every complexity of person-hood, through the route of infidelity. Middle-aged, gorgeous, and intelligent Saara discovers that her husband Leo has been unfaithful on her birthday. After finding herself surrounded with motherhood at work the next day, she decides to follow Leo's other woman, Tuulli. However, Saara unexpectedly finds herself falling headfirst into a deep friendship with Tuulli. As their friendship unfurls, Saara learns both sides of Leo and Tuuli's relationship. Saara takes Leo back for a time. Ultimately, however, when Leo dies unexpectedly in angry pursuit of what he thinks is Saara's lover (but is actually, in fact his own), Saara is confronted with the loss of Leo and the necessity to make peace with Tuulli. Leo's former lover is pregnant with his child, and despite Tuulli's attempts to rid herself of the child, she winds up on Saara's operating table. The film here comes full circle as Saara saves both Leo and Tuulli's child as well as Tuulli herself.The cinematic choices made by Kotwica that give the film an overall dark and empty feel act as a manifestation of the inner emotions of Saara, and eventually of Tuulli. Treated wrongfully by the same man, the two women want nothing more than to hate one another. And yet, they find themselves bonding over their experiences of Leo's failure. A feminist message can here be found for the viewer. Subjected to a more than dark fate, Leo is ultimately held responsible for his wrong-doings. And while these two women are left to bear the repercussions of his actions (laboriously bringing his baby into the world, finally confronting each other with honesty, grappling with maintaining a friendship), they find that they are bound to one another in a way they never thought possible. We see the reflection of their dynamic and emotions most in the scene where Tuulli returns home with "Clara" (Saara) after a night of depressed partying. The house is dark in color, yet harshly lit, giving it a museum-like feel rather than a homey one. Additionally, the wind howls loudly outside. The harsh winter taking place around the characters for the duration of the film climaxes in this scene even though, interestingly, they are inside. Working to survive in the vortex of a life they have found themselves very much within, Tuulli and Saara must confront the truth of their relationship, as well as the truth of their relationships with Leo.Thematically, Kotwica chooses to divulge the intricacies of infidelity through the exploration of the human form in every stage - infancy, nudity, youth, middle-age, vulnerability, sex, death all sit at the core of Kotwica's exploration of this theme. He even goes so far as to push the boundaries between friendship and homosexuality, if even for a brief moment. The recurring setting of locker rooms is a means by which Kotwica ties together further the characters of Saara and Tuulli. Where else is one most vulnerable than a locker room? Or a bedroom? Or out in the harsh elements of winter? Each of these are spaces in which we find our characters most often. At the close of the film, we even see Tuulli on the operating table - entirely submissive to and dependent upon Saara, who surprisingly chooses to save Tuulli and the baby's lives rather than "accidentally" take them.We see on many occasions that Kotwica smartly ties together both unlikely characters, as well as their emotions, with the environment within which they exist. The reflection of the characters' emotions in the film's mise-en-scene intelligently and effectively ties them together and tells the viewers more about their individual identity as their response to their situation is revealed in this way. Kotwica's choice to depict the characters through their environment provides the viewer with a full understanding of how infidelity can completely surround and engulf a person.

olofssom Vengeance is a dangerous game, never settling until someone pays the price. Black Ice sets the stakes high at the beginning of the film. A lone bike rider watches as a married couple fight outside their house, the players are chosen. The tragic tale of deceit begins, never backing down once it is rolling. Black Ice tells the story of Saara and how her marriage fell apart. Saara is a doctor who specializes in emergency births. Her husband, Leo, is an architecture professor with a long history of affairs that she is completely unaware of, until she finds out about Tuuli. Tuuli is a young architecture student and martial arts instructor who is in love with Leo and is about to pay a very high price for it. Black Ice focuses on Saara as she finds out about Tuuli and befriends her under a new identity, leading to a disastrous finale.Black Ice is a very well written movie in terms of what it has to offer, however, it moves at too slow of a pace to always keep the audience interested. As a thriller, there needs to be movement in the story in order to keep the movie intense and the subtle actions of characters relevant. Since Black Ice does not always keep the tension up, it can make situations that should be suspenseful, bland. I am not sure what the cause for this may be, perhaps it could that there is too much downtime or it could be that there is too little dialogue. There is very little talking in Black Ice, which is not necessarily a bad thing for a movie, there are a number of intense movies with little dialogue such as Drive. However, in the case of this film, not enough talking likely contributed to the slow pace because, unlike Drive, there is no real action to fill the downtime between the treacheries of the film. Black Ice certainly attempted to have some action by making Tuuli a martial arts instructor; however, out of four or five scenes that take place in her studio only one of them is intense. The movie would not necessarily be that much better if were to have lots of talking either. By focusing the film on the character's actions the audience is made to think for themselves about what the character is going to do next. Since so much of the film is silence, the music plays a very important role. The soundtrack for Black Ice is very fitting as it is primarily orchestral, with very dark tones and many string instruments. This style of music adds to the air of uncertainty and pain that the characters of the film are going through. Not forgetting the value of silence though, there are times where there is no audio at all in the film.Black Ice is filmed in a way that strongly supports the mood of the film. The lighting in the film is very dark; there are very few scenes that could be considered a remotely happy environment. The camera-work focuses a lot of time on the faces of the actors, showing the audience the emotions of the characters, which is incredibly important in Black Ice. Outi Mäenpää is the star of the film as Saara. As Saara she is made to play a variety of roles: that of a wife wanting revenge, a good friend to Tuuli, and that of a doctor. This is a tall task to ask for an actor to do and she does not do it flawlessly, but she does a good job. She does fine as a doctor but, as a friend and as someone wanting revenge there are times I feel she could have made the character deeper. Ria Kataja is the other central character of Black Ice as Tuuli. She also does not do a perfect job either, but she does make her character a bit more real than Saara. It could be that her character was meant to show more emotion than Saara but none-the-less I feel she did the best acting in the movie.Black Ice has a lot of good going for it: decent acting, good music, interesting plot, but, it suffers from a lack of pace necessary to keep it up to par with other thrillers. This means that Black Ice is certainly worth a chance to watch, but I would not expect everyone to find it worth finishing, it is just not exciting enough throughout.

boos-296-130897 How far would you go for revenge? Black Ice does an excellent job at getting into the complexities of developing and the subsequent consequences of breaking relational commitments. One of the real strengths of the film is its ability to portray heightened responses to relational distress in order to better delve into the complexity of revenge, without pushing the interactions into the realm of absurdity.Black Ice tells the story of a complicated love triangle. A middle-aged doctor, Saara (Outi Mäenpää), discovers that her husband Leo (Martii Suosalo) is having an affair with his student, Tuuli (Ria Kataja). After finding out about the affair, Saara befriends her husband's mistress under the guise of a fake identity. The plot follows the incredibly complex web of events that unfold as each relationship is developed. As a viewer I was fascinated by the films ability to explore the nature of relational covenants. Specifically, this film looks at how covenants develop and what the consequences of breaking these connections are. Instead of staying within the typical Hollywood confines of stereotypical love triangles, this film breaks the mold by completing the triangle. Each side of the relationship triangle highlights a different form of relational covenants. What made this film relatable was that I could identify with the fears and complexity of the characters' that were working to define their relationships. I, like all people, have struggled with dealing with betrayal in a relationship. One of the most fascinating relationships that the film included was between Tuuli and Saara. This relationship gets to the heart of what is involved in the initial process of developing a friendship, a form of a covenant. While pretending to be a divorced psychologist, Saara begins taking karate classes from the mistress, Tuuli. The two develop their relationship by spending time together as Saara builds her fake identity. An especially gripping point of the film comes when Saara appears to be developing a true empathetic friendship with Tuuli, and then she speaks of her intense hatred and desire to murder her husband's mistress. I found the depth of their relationship very well done in that it successfully integrated surface level relationships with deeper emotions in a thought provoking way. Although daily interactions in real life are nowhere near this extreme, I thought this film did an excellent job at highlighting the complexity of female friendships by looking at the effects of envy, loneliness, and competition that women are forced to contend with while developing all of their relationships. Another covenant-based relationship, marriage, is also explored. Although the first exposure to the married couple involves a very intimate sex scene, the shots are interspersed with clips of another young woman. This editing technique effectively shows the interrelatedness of their stories. Although marriage is a partnership, a third character appears involved. I found it especially interesting that the concept of an ideal marriage was broken so early in the film. As a viewer I found myself approaching the film with preconceived notions of marriage as sacred, and yet found myself expecting brokenness very early in the film as a result of this technique. Though I was uncomfortable watching it occur, I found the scenes where Leo and Saara were discussing the missing condoms and Saara going to her husband's office and finding evidence of his correspondence with Tuuli to be fairly realistic. As humans we are wired to be envious of others' relationships with our partners. Additionally, having shots of the other woman at the beginning is very effective in guiding the audience to believe Saara in her accusations. This is necessary and effective for the films believability. Instead of making Saara seem like a crazy woman stalking a young college student, I identified her as being justified in her anger and her desire to do something about it. Not only does this film explore officially recognized romantic relationships, it also explores open affairs. One of the most noteworthy aspects I saw was Tuuli's awareness of Leo's multiple affairs. This is an odd level of transparency. When working on Tuuli's architecture project, Leo suggests that she be bold and include glass bricks in her design. He seems to advocate a separateness that has a large degree of transparency involved. This is explicitly seen in that Tuuli has knowledge of his multiple affairs, and yet she does not actually know who is wife is. This interplay shows the complexity of Leo's views on relationships. Another thought provoking aspect of the web of relationships is looking at the comparisons between Tuuli and Saara. The film includes many close shots of each blond woman. Their physical similarities evoke a blending of the two women. Not only is Leo clearly physically attracted to each woman, but also the women's identities are very clearly shaped by each other. Saara's alternative identity, Christa, is completely molded as a result of interacting with Tuuli. Additionally, both women are dressed similarly when they go ice-skating and when they are at the costume party. Both scenes involve interactions with Leo. This similarity highlights their shared individual covenants with the same man. This interplay is very effective at posing questions of identity and the nature of connections between those who have a commonality, such as Leo.One critique I do have of the film is the lack of character development of Leo. I found his character oddly static throughout the film. He truly seemed to want to remain married to Saara. I would have liked to see more depth and range of emotion from Leo as he dealt with the drastic changes in behavior of Saara, such as her decision to move out and to supposedly date a new man so quickly. Overall I was very disturbed by the reality of the complexity of the relationships involved. I would recommend this film to mature audiences who are emotionally ready to explore the multifaceted covenants explored in the film.

Erik Klefsaas "I'm a psycho…psychologist", an eerie and ironic quote taken from the main character, Saara, in the dark and ever so strange love triangle story entangled in the film, Black Ice, written and directed by Petri Kotwica in 2007. Setting the stage for this dark and ominous film, Saara, a middle-aged gynecologist and supposedly happily married to her husband, Leo, says this peculiar quote the first time she meets her husbands apparent lover, Tuuli, after discovering intimate e-mails exchanged between her and Leo. Tuuli is a student of Leo's at an architecture school and is also a part time karate instructor, which Saara enrolls in order to do a little sleuthing of her own to see what kind of person the man she loves would cheat on her with. Throughout the karate class and unbeknownst to Leo, Saara takes on a new identity and becomes unexpectedly close friends with Tuuli, creating a complex web of half truths, lies, and deceit that puts viewers on the edge of their seat wondering when or if the intricate love triangle will come crashing down on Saara, Tuuli, and Leo.Black Ice undoubtedly contains fantastic acting and powerful performances by all three main characters, which is key to the film's underlying themes and extraordinary storyline. Saara, played by Outi Mäenpää, plays a fantastically curious wife trying to figure out why her seemingly "good" husband is having an affair with a young student, Tuuli. Tuuli, played by Ria Kataja, is a seemingly bright, eager, and caring young woman searching for love and affection and finds it with her architecture professor, Leo. Martti Suosalo plays the role of Leo, whom is "happily" married to Saara and pleads his love for her which is seen in the opening scene of the film when Leo tells Saara how content he is being with her and how eager he is to be with her, and only her. The reoccurring theme in Nordic film of infidelity is very prevalent in Black Ice, and in fact is at the center of the entire plot throughout the film. As stated above, Leo cheats on his wife, Saara, who is anything but happy when she finds out this daunting truth about her husband. To get "back" at Leo, Saara indulges in a one-night stand of her own, which only complicates things. Saara does this in retaliation to Leo's actions, and two wrongs definitely in this case don't make a right, but Leo is portrayed and lives up to the cliché that the man is the sole "bad guy" in situations like this one. This speaks to Petri Kotwica's writing and how he incorporates women as the "powerful" ones. Moreover, Saara and Tuuli are eventually seen throughout the movie as "equal". Kotwica develops both character's beautifully and has the patience to tell his story mainly through his fine actors and actresses, not through the film's images. For example, instead of Saara confronting Tuuli from the get go about the affair, the drawn out relationship between Saara and Tuuli gives the audience a sense of compassion and concern that women have for their most closest loved ones. This brings up another strong theme apparent in the film; love. It is obvious that Saara loves Leo and will go to great lengths to confirm one hundred percent that he indeed is cheating on her. The strong emotion of love can blind a person from the inevitable truth and can cause people involved to do things and act a certain way that is very different from who they truly are. This is seen when the film reveals that Saara has a strong urge to kill Leo's lover, Tuuli. Undoubtedly, this is not a normal thought for a prestigious and moral doctor such as Saara and definitely not a part of her daily life and personal values. Interestingly enough, the majority of the plot focuses on the relationship and the blooming love between Saara and Tuuli. In my opinion, an important underlying theme to note in Black Ice is the fact that under any circumstance, infidelity is wrong and can only end up badly for both parties. Leo learns the hard way that having an affair and cheating on your wife can only lead down a dark and lonely path to destruction. Being faithful to your spouse is of utmost importance, and anything short of being faithful is wrong and will inevitably lead to all parties involved being hurt. Overall, I felt that the movie accomplished the goal of keeping it's audience entertained and on the edge of their seat. Mixing in multiple relationships with fireworks and surprises at every turn, I would give this film a 9.5 out of 10. The strangeness of the love triangle is one that is very different from films in the Untied States, and I truly enjoyed the character's development and how all the pieces ended up fitting together in the dark, love twisted film of Black Ice.