Directed by Ignacio Agüero • Documentary • 1993 • 55 minutes
Like Moby Dick’s Ishmael, a sailor takes a ship and goes from Antarctica to Spain, in a trip that transports an iceberg to Seville for the World Fair of 1992. In this voyage, mysterious things will happen, making him a victim of the hidden forces of icebergs. Dreams of ice is a song of love to the fragility of Nature and the human being.
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