L'Iceberg Movie Review: Send in the Clowns

L'Iceberg inhabits the eccentric, fantasy world of comedy films populated by the likes of The Life Aquatic and Amélie, barely keeping one foot in reality while stepping far out into its highly stylized fictional realm. It's the kind of film where a character on a quest to live on an iceberg makes perfect sense, although the payoff is entirely derived from the antics during trip to get there.

Fiona (Fiona Gordon) is a mousy manager of a fast food restaurant stuck in the rut of her monotonous daily routine and family life in Belgium. After she accidentally locks herself in the restaurant's freezer room overnight, she's shocked to find that her husband and children didn't even notice she was missing. She subsequently develops a fondness for the cold that leads her to stow away on a freezer truck as she runs away from her normal life. Upon reaching a remote coastal town, she spots a mysterious stranger with a small sailboat and sets out to convince him to transport her to an iceberg where she can presumably enter a solitary seclusion since she doesn't feel appreciated at home. It's a funny setup, but an even more ambitious and amusing production.