

La Patinoire
1998-11-01 · 80 min · ★ 5.7
La Patinoire is about a film director who is shooting a highly symbolic film called 'Dolores' at an ice rink. He has hired a Lithuanian ice hockey team with which he is having enormous communication problems. His actors all have inflated egos, his film crew is made up of fools, and there is a politician on his back. But he must finish the film, no matter what, in time for the Venice Film Festival.
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- Directors
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint
- Production companies
- Unavailable
- Countries
- Belgium, France, Italy
- Status
- Released
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Tom NovembreDirector
Mireille PerrierAssistant
Marie-France PisierProducer
Jean-Pierre CasselIce Rink's Manager
Bruce CampbellActor
Dolores ChaplinActress
Gilbert MelkiStand in of the Actress
Dominique DeruddereCinematographer
Jean-Loup HorwitzThe Sound Engineer
Éva IonescoThe Editor
Paolo De VitaItalian Festival Manager Assistant
Dominic GouldHead Key Grip
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