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Thin Ice
- Director: Fiona Cunningham-Reid
- Writer: Fiona Cunningham-Reid; Geraldine Sherman
- Producer: Fiona Cunningham-Reid
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Well, this won't be entering the lesbian film hall of fame - not by a long shot.
If anything, it is deeply offensive - a lesbian sexual predator - not a pretty sight.
Dreyfus plays his usual camp - that breath of fresh air is becoming stagnant.
Reid has had a strange career - having a little success with a documentary, she moved into drama - not a good move...here endeth a career. Nothing since.
No trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
Lesbians on ice provide the focus of this British drama. Steffi and Natalie are amateur skaters at the same rink in London. Steffi and her partner, a journalist, are going to write a mainstream article about lesbian participation in the June 1994 Gay Games in New York. Steffi's partner bows out just before they are to go so Steffi tries to get Natalie involved. Natalie has two things against her. One, she is an average skater. Two, she is straight. Steffi successfully seduces Natalie one weekend and Natalie falls in love. Trouble erupts when Natalie discovers that Steffi and her lover were only using her to get a story. Natalie drops out the night before their trip to New York.
Cast & Characters
Charlotte Avery as Natalie;
Sabra Williams as Steffi;
James Dreyfus as Greg;
Clare Higgins as Fiona;
Ian McKellen as Himself;
Guy Williams as Charles;
Barbara New as Felicity;
Martha Freud as Cosima;
Suzanne Bertish as Lotte;
Cathryn Harrison as Sandy;
Eamon Geoghegan as Choreographer 'Eamon';
Gwyneth Strong as Cath;
Nimmy March as Lisa;
Jimmy Gardner as Old Man;
Laura Moore as New York Lesbian Skater