25 Dec 1997
Wag the Dog
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
La Patinoire
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.
Top Billed Cast
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
Jean-Loup Horwitz The Sound Engineer
Éva Ionesco The Editor
Paolo De Vita Italian Festival Manager Assistant
Rasa Urbonaite Interpreter
Viktor Senin Lithuanian Trainer
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
Karen Oubraham Wardrobe Assistant
Marie-Pierre Sauvanet Production's Secretary
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