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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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 |
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Running time | 87 minutes |
Countries | France Italy Belgium |
Language | French |
The film was shot in Franconville, a suburb of Paris, France.[2]
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]
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