The Ice Rink (1999)

Genres - Comedy  |   Sub-Genres - Satire  |   Release Date - Nov 1, 1998 (USA - Unknown)  |   Run Time - 80 min.  |   Countries - France  |   MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Gönül Dönmez-Colin

Acclaimed Belgian novelist Jean-Philippe Toussaint drew attention to his directorial talents in 1990 with a remarkable satire on modern life, Monsieur. His third feature, 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. A black comedy which is applicable to all absurd situations of life, but particularly those associated with the film industry, La Patinoire is a clever satire from beginning to end, including its title.

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actor, director, filmmaker, hockey-player, politician