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2026 · Action · Comedy
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Film / 1998
La Patinoire
Directed by
Jean-Philippe Toussaint
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.
The story
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
Tom NovembreDirector
Mireille PerrierAssistant
Marie-France PisierProducer
Jean-Pierre CasselIce Rink's Manager
Bruce CampbellActor
Dolores ChaplinActress
Gilbert MelkiStand in of the Actress
Dominique DeruddereCinematographer
Jean-Loup HorwitzThe Sound Engineer
Éva IonescoThe Editor
Valérie LecomteScript Girl
Paolo De VitaItalian Festival Manager Assistant
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Rasa UrbonaiteInterpreter
Viktor SeninLithuanian Trainer
Olivier DessallesJournalist
Dominic GouldHead Key Grip
Franck Ema-OtuKey Grip
Istvan Van HeuverzwynGaffer
Yves MichielsBest Boy
Alexandre von SiversProps Man
Cyril ThirionSecond Assistant
Kaatje Van DammeMakeup Artist
Karen OubrahamWardrobe Assistant
Marie-Pierre SauvanetProduction's Secretary
Philippe RouxLocation manager
Emmanuelle GriveletProduction Secretary
Mathieu FaliuCinematographer assistant
Jean-Marc DeclercqReferee
Jean-Christophe Moncys
Pascal JudelewiczReferee at the Audition
Denis PicotReferee at the Audition
Vytas KraujelisReferee at the Audition
Philippe HorekensReferee at the Audition
Rémy NicolasReferee at the Audition
Sergejus KrumkacHockey Player
Sergejus DrozdovasHockey Player
Erikas SteponaitisHockey Player
Sarunas KuliesiusHockey Player
Vadimas JakutaHockey Player
Vladimiras FiscevHockey Player
Audrius RimkusHockey Player
Arunas AleinikovasHockey Player
Martynas SlikasHockey Player
Aleksiejus BudvytisHockey Player
Dangyras RimkusHockey Player
Tomas VysniauskasHockey Player
Sergejus JakutaHockey Player
Valdas SkadauskasHockey Player
Antanas DaugirdasHockey Player
Andrejus SimankovasHockey Player
Andrejus KlimoviecHockey Player
Tomas SadauskasHockey Player
Vitalijus ZencenkoHockey Player
Ilya ClaisseJockey
Michel D'OzFurniture Remover #1
Pierre BelotBanker
Yvon ToussaintBanker
Monique ToussaintBanker
Philippe HeitzAmbulance man #1
David HuguesAmbulance man #2
Minh-Canh TruongVietnamese Catering #1
Thi Bach TruongVietnamese Catering #2
Diana SkotnickaRussian Ice Skater
Alessandra QuadracciaItalian Secretary
Angelo RotondiRome Helicopter Pilot
Maurizio TripodiRome Helicopter Pilot
Guido ServinoItalian Driver
Anne-Dominique ToussaintThe Nun
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