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L’ Incroyable femme des neiges

The Incredible Snow Woman
Panorama 2025
© Envie de Tempête Productions
Embarking on an Arctic expedition, sleeping on an ice floe, wrestling a bear – just a day in the life of the researcher and polar expert Coline Morel. One day, she shows up unannounced in her home village in the Jura mountains to visit her brothers Basile and Lolo, whom she has not seen for years. While there, she unexpectedly encounters her first love, Christophe, learns that she has been fired and is dumped by her boyfriend. Confused and unable to reveal the true reason for her return, Coline spirals out of control and, in a night of unhinged excess, ends up causing utter chaos in the village. The days pass and the former adventurer slowly withdraws into complete silence. Then, after a hike with her brothers, Coline vanishes without a trace, taking her secret with her into the snow-covered expanses of Greenland. As the Inuit proverb says: If you are afraid, change your way. Ultimately, this journey will turn out to be the most important of her life.
by Sébastien Betbeder (Director, Screenplay)
with Blanche Gardin, Philippe Katerine, Bastien Bouillon, Ole Eliassen, Martin Jensen, Laurent Papot, Ferdinand Redouloux France 2025 French, Greenlandic 101' Colour World premiere

With

  • Blanche Gardin (Coline)
  • Philippe Katerine (Basile)
  • Bastien Bouillon (Lolo)
  • Ole Eliassen (Ole)
  • Martin Jensen (Martika)
  • Laurent Papot (Christophe)
  • Ferdinand Redouloux (Enzo)

Crew

Director Sébastien Betbeder
Screenplay Sébastien Betbeder
Cinematography Pierre-Hubert Martin
Editing Julie Lena
Music Ensemble 0
Sound Design Roman Dymny
Production Design Dan Bevan
Casting Laure Cochener
Producer Frédéric Dubreuil
Executive Producers Frédéric Dubreuil, Sarah Derny

Produced by

Envie de Tempête Productions

Pastorale Productions

Sedna Explore

World Sales

Be For Films

Photos

Sébastien Betbeder

© Philippe Lebruman

After studying at the École des beaux-arts in Bordeaux and Le Fresnoy – Studio national des arts contemporains, he has to date directed a number of shorts and nine feature-length films, exploring various types of narratives. His preferred genre is comedy. He won the Jean Vigo prize for his film Inupiluk.

Filmography

2007 Nuage (Cloud) 2008 Yoshido (Les Autres vies) (Yoshido (The Other Life)); short film 2012 Les Nuits avec Théodore (Nights with Theodore) 2013 2 automnes 3 hivers (2 Autumns 3 Winters) 2014 Inupiluk; short film 2016 Marie et les naufragés (Marie and the Misfits) · Le Voyage au Groenland (Journey to Greenland) 2018 Ulysse et Mona (Ulysses & Mona) 2019 Debout sur la montagne (Up the Mountain) · Jusqu’à l’os (To the Bone); short film 2022 Tout fout le camp (Thick and Thin) 2023 Mimi de Douarnenez (Mimi from Douarnenez); short film 2024 Une tentative d’évasion (A Moment of Escape); short film 2025 L’Incroyable femme des neiges (The Incredible Snow Woman)

Bio- & filmography as of Berlinale 2025