La Patinoire
1998 · 80 min · Director: Jean-Philippe Toussaint
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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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La Patinoire (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Humor 45%, Confusion 20%, Surprise 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Humor, Confusion, Surprise. Genres: Comedy. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Humor, Confusion and Surprise. Its IMDb rating of 6.3/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 65/100.
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Cast
Actress
The Sound Engineer
Script Girl
Interpreter
Lithuanian Trainer
Journalist
Key Grip
Gaffer
Best Boy
Props Man
Details
- Directed by
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint
- Written by
- Jean-Philippe Toussaint
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1998
- Runtime
- 80 min
- Country
- Belgium, France, Italy
- Genres
- Comedy
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Humor
- Data updated
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