The Ice Storm
■ Basic Data
| Item | Content |
|---|---|
| Year | 1997 |
| Country | United States |
| Director | Ang Lee |
| Cast | Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood |
| Genre | Drama |
■ Title Language Table
| Language | Text | Romanization |
|---|---|---|
| English | The Ice Storm | – |
| Español | La tormenta de hielo | La tormenta de hielo |
| Français | Ice Storm | Ice Storm |
| Deutsch | Der Eissturm | Der Eissturm |
| Português | Tempestade de Gelo | Tempestade de Gelo |
| Italiano | Tempesta di ghiaccio | Tempesta di ghiaccio |
| Русский | Ледяной шторм | Ledyanoy shtorm |
| 中文（简体） | 冰风暴 | – |
| 中文（繁體） | 冰風暴 | – |
| 한국어 | 아이스 스톰 | Aiseu Seutom |
| ไทย | – | – |
| Tiếng Việt | Bão băng | Bao bang |
| Bahasa Indonesia | The Ice Storm | The Ice Storm |
| 日本語 | アイス・ストーム | Aisu Sutōmu |
■ One-Line Definition
👉 A work that depicts a structure in which suburban stability and emotional vacancy collide within a fractured family order.
■ Synopsis
Two suburban families drift through infidelity, alienation, and adolescent confusion as a storm exposes the coldness beneath domestic order.
■ RECIPE Tags
#SuburbanVoid #FamilyDisintegration #AdultHypocrisy #EmotionalColdness #MoralDrift
■ Primary Axis
- Entry: Can a family remain intact without emotional truth
Reason: Domestic order continues while intimacy and responsibility have already collapsed.
Related Film: American Beauty - Middle: What do children inherit from adult emptiness
Reason: Adolescent behavior mirrors the emotional absence and moral confusion of the parents.
Related Film: The Virgin Suicides - Core: Can catastrophe reveal the void beneath comfort
Reason: The accident turns suburban malaise into irreversible moral exposure.
Related Film: Ordinary People
■ Secondary Axes
- Liberation without responsibility: Social looseness becomes another form of emotional abandonment.
Related Film: Carnal Knowledge - Intellectualized family collapse: Privileged language and culture fail to prevent private cruelty.
Related Film: The Squid and the Whale
■ Person
- Director: Ang Lee
- Cast: Kevin Kline, Joan Allen, Sigourney Weaver, Henry Czerny, Tobey Maguire, Christina Ricci, Elijah Wood
■ Structural Tags
#DomesticDisintegration #SuburbanExposure #InheritedVacancy
■ Attribute Tags
#AmericanFilm #DramaFilm #NovelAdaptation
