

La Patinoire(1998)
Overview
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.
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Tom Novembre
Director

Mireille Perrier
Assistant

Marie-France Pisier
Producer

Jean-Pierre Cassel
Ice Rink's Manager

Bruce Campbell
Actor

Dolores Chaplin
Actress

Gilbert Melki
Stand in of the Actress

Dominique Deruddere
Cinematographer

Jean-Loup Horwitz
The Sound Engineer

Éva Ionesco
The Editor
Valérie Lecomte
Script Girl

Paolo De Vita
Italian Festival Manager Assistant
Rasa Urbonaite
Interpreter
Viktor Senin
Lithuanian Trainer
Olivier Dessalles
Journalist

Dominic Gould
Head Key Grip
Franck Ema-Otu
Key Grip
Istvan Van Heuverzwyn
Gaffer
Yves Michiels
Best Boy

Alexandre von Sivers
Props Man
Cyril Thirion
Second Assistant

Kaatje Van Damme
Makeup Artist
Karen Oubraham
Wardrobe Assistant
Marie-Pierre Sauvanet
Production's Secretary
Philippe Roux
Location manager
Emmanuelle Grivelet
Production Secretary
Mathieu Faliu
Cinematographer assistant
Jean-Marc Declercq
Referee
Jean-Christophe Moncys

Pascal Judelewicz
Referee at the Audition
Denis Picot
Referee at the Audition
Vytas Kraujelis
Referee at the Audition
Philippe Horekens
Referee at the Audition
Rémy Nicolas
Referee at the Audition
Sergejus Krumkac
Hockey Player
Sergejus Drozdovas
Hockey Player
Erikas Steponaitis
Hockey Player
Sarunas Kuliesius
Hockey Player
Vadimas Jakuta
Hockey Player
Vladimiras Fiscev
Hockey Player
Audrius Rimkus
Hockey Player
Arunas Aleinikovas
Hockey Player
Martynas Slikas
Hockey Player
Aleksiejus Budvytis
Hockey Player
Dangyras Rimkus
Hockey Player
Tomas Vysniauskas
Hockey Player
Sergejus Jakuta
Hockey Player
Valdas Skadauskas
Hockey Player
Antanas Daugirdas
Hockey Player
Andrejus Simankovas
Hockey Player
Andrejus Klimoviec
Hockey Player
Tomas Sadauskas
Hockey Player
Vitalijus Zencenko
Hockey Player
Ilya Claisse
Jockey

Michel D'Oz
Furniture Remover #1

Pierre Belot
Banker
Yvon Toussaint
Banker
Monique Toussaint
Banker
Philippe Heitz
Ambulance man #1
David Hugues
Ambulance man #2
Minh-Canh Truong
Vietnamese Catering #1
Thi Bach Truong
Vietnamese Catering #2
Diana Skotnicka
Russian Ice Skater
Alessandra Quadraccia
Italian Secretary
Angelo Rotondi
Rome Helicopter Pilot
Maurizio Tripodi
Rome Helicopter Pilot
Guido Servino
Italian Driver

Anne-Dominique Toussaint
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