The Ice Rink Movie Review 1999

A director (Novembre) decides to make a movie about the romance between a French ice skater (Chaplin) and an American hockey player (Campbell) that is to be filmed on an ice skating rink. However, most of the cast and crew can't skate, the ice keeps melting, the supporting hockey players are Lithuanian and don't speak French, the two leads are having a torrid (and disruptive) affair, and that's just the beginning. A generally playful look at the tribulations of making a movie. French with subtitles.

Distribution

Kino International, 333 W. 39th St., Ste. 503, New York, NY 10018, Phone: (212)629-6880, Toll-free: 800-562-3330, Fax: (212)714-0871, Email: contact@kino.com, URL: http://www.kino.com

Available on VHS, DVD
Running time 80 minutes.
Originally from French.

Cast and Crew

Genres

Behind the Scenes, Skating, Hockey

Screenplay

Jean-Philippe Toussaint

Cast

Tom Novembre, Marie-France Pisier, Bruce Campbell, Dolores Chaplin, Mireille Perrier, Jean-Pierre Cassel

Cinematography

Jean-Francois Robin

Director

Jean-Philippe Toussaint