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Winter Stories
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Wikipedia article
'Winter Stories' is a Canadian sports drama film, released in 1999."A winter's tale: Histoires d'Hiver sets coming-of-age during '66-'67 hockey season". 'Montreal Gazette', February 26, 1999. Directed by Franois Bouvier and written by Bouvier and Marc Robitaille as an adaptation of Robitaille's book 'Des histoires d'hiver, avec des rues, des coles et du hockey', the film centres on a young boy's obsession with ice hockey in the 1960s.
The film stars Jol Drapeau-Dalp as Martin Roy, a boy on the cusp of his teenage years and in his final year of junior high school in 1966. A passionate fan of hockey, particularly of the Montreal Canadiens, he idolizes Henri Richard. However, over the course of the winter he begins to learn that there are many more things in the world to discover, including pot, philosophy and pretty girls.
The film's cast also includes Luc Gurin as Martin's father, Denis Bouchard as his uncle Maurice, Suzanne Champagne as his homeroom teacher Mme Chouinard, and Alex Ivanovici as his English teacher.
Awards
The film garnered seven Genie Award nominations at the 20th Genie Awards:"Sunshine leads the field for the Genie Awards". 'Calgary Herald', December 8, 1999.
*Best Picture
*Best Actor (Drapeau-Dalp, Bouchard)
*Best Supporting Actor (Ivanovici)
*Best Supporting Actress (Champagne)
*Best Adapted Screenplay (Bouvier, Robitaille)
*Best Editing (Andr Corriveau)
References
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