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THE ICE RINK

by Jean-Philippe Toussaint

synopsis

A film crew is shooting on a skating ring. The director always followed by the television camera, and the technical crew dare walking on ice to set the shots, so they discover the slippery nature of the ground they walk on. The film “Dolores” tells the story of a hockey goalkeeper, played by an American film star, while the players are the actual Lithuanian hockey team members. The actress should arrive any time; the producer only wants the film to be selected for the Venice Film Festival. Eventually the film is ready. The director and the producer rush by helicopter to Cinecitta’ in order to show their film to the jury selecting the films for Venice. In the projection room the director of the festival, who is very old and ill, lays on a stretcher in front of the screen. Everybody waits; the destiny of the film is in his hands. The last images are on the screen: the actress, in a magnificent red dress, dies on the ice in the actor’s arms. This is the end. In the room the lights go on again.
Will the movie be selected?

original title: LA PATINOIRE
country: Italy, France, Belgium
year: 1999
genre: fiction
directed by: Jean-Philippe Toussaint
film run: 90'
screenplay: Jean-Philippe Toussaint
cast: Tom Novembre, Mireille Perrier, Dolores Chaplin, Marie-France Pisier, Jean-Pierre Cassel, Paolo De Vita
cinematography by: Jean-François Robin
film editing: Ludo Troch
art director: Javier Po
producer: Pascal Judelewicz, Domenico Procacci, Anne-Dominique Toussaint, Maurizio Totti
production: Fandango, Colorado Film, Les films de l'Etang (BE), Les Films des Tournelles (FR), Studio Canal (FR)
distributor: Fandango Distribuzione

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