The Ice Storm

(1997)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 765 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1997

Runtime: 113 мин

Country: France, United States of America

Director: Энг Ли

Cast: Кевин Клайн, Джоан Аллен, Сигурни Уивер, Jamey Sheridan, Кристина Риччи, Тоби Магуайр, Элайджа Вуд, Adam Hann-Byrd, Michael Cumpsty, Кэти Холмс

Plot

In the weekend after thanksgiving 1973 the Hood family is skidding out of control. Then an ice storm hits, the worst in a century.

During the 1973 Thanksgiving weekend, the Hoods are - relationship-wise, skidding out-of-control, isolated from each other; Benjamin reels from drink-to-drink, His wife, Elena's losing patience with Ben's incessant lies. Home for the holidays, their son, Paul, heads into Manhattan, in search of a rich girl from his prep school. Wendy, the teenage daughter, roams the neighborhood, exploring the liquor and lingerie of her friends' parents, looking for something - anything - new. Then, an ice storm hits, and their problems seem inconsequential, and nothing will ever be the same.