The Ice Tower, a dark fairytale about the dangers of obsession

The day before she shoots one of her terrifying, otherworldly films, Lucile Hadžihalilović loves wandering around her sets. “When the crew’s not there and you’re alone at night, it’s like a children’s playground,” the 64-year-old French director tells me in Sea Containers Hotel, shortly after we scour the suite for the fanciest, clankiest glasses to drink from. “You can dream about what you’re going to do. You feel like you’re inside the film.”

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