The Ice Rink

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The Ice Rink
The Ice Rink (La Patinoire) poster.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Screenplay byJean-Philippe Toussaint [1]
Produced by Anne-Dominique Toussaint
Starring Tom Novembre
Mireille Perrier
Dolores Chaplin
Marie-France Pisier
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Gilbert Melki
Bruce Campbell
Production
companies
Les Films des Tournelles
StudioCanal+
Les Films de l'Etang
RTL TVI
Fandango
Release date
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
87 minutes
CountriesFrance
Italy
Belgium
LanguageFrench

The Ice Rink (French : La Patinoire) is a 1998 comedy film written and directed by Jean-Philippe Toussaint. It stars Tom Novembre, Mireille Perrier, Dolores Chaplin, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Gilbert Melki, and Bruce Campbell.

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Cast

Production

The film was shot in Franconville, a suburb of Paris, France. [2]

Reception

Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote of the film: "If its pieces don't completely fit, The Ice Rink has sophisticated comic performances by a cast who know their characters well enough to make us like them in spite of their self-absorption." [3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Willis, John (2002). Screen World Volume 52: 2001. Applause Theatre & Cinema Books. pp. 292–293. ISBN   978-1557834782.
  2. ↑ Campbell, Bruce (2001). If Chins Could Kill: Confessions of a B Movie Actor. Thomas Dunne Books. p. 272. ISBN   978-0312291457.
  3. ↑ The New York Times Film Reviews 1999-2000. Routledge. 2002. p. 238. ISBN   978-0415936965.


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