The Ice Rink

1998 French film
  • 1998 (1998)
Running time
87 minutesCountriesFrance
Italy
BelgiumLanguageFrench

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.

Cast

  • Tom Novembre as Director
  • Mireille Perrier as Assistant
  • Marie-France Pisier as Producer
  • Bruce Campbell as Actor
  • Dolores Chaplin as Actress
  • Jean-Pierre Cassel as Ice Rink's Manager
  • Gilbert Melki as Stand-in for Actress

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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