Storyline
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.
Cast & Crew
Tom Novembre
Director
Lead
Mireille Perrier
Assistant
Marie-France Pisier
Producer
Jean-Pierre Cassel
Ice Rink's Manager
Bruce Campbell
Actor
Dolores Chaplin
Actress
Gilbert Melki
Stand in of the Actress
Dominique Deruddere
Cinematographer
What People Are Saying
3.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Jean-Philippe Toussaint's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. La Patinoire is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
