The Ice Rink

The Ice Rink
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Jean-Philippe Toussaint
Screenplay by	Jean-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
Countries	France Italy Belgium
Language	French

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

• List of films about ice hockey

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.

External links

• The Ice Rink at IMDb
• The Ice Rink at Rotten Tomatoes