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Wikipedia article
'A No-Hit No-Run Summer' is a Canadian sports drama film, directed by Francis Leclerc and released in 2008.Charles-Henri Raymond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films/un-ete-sans-point-ni-coup-sur-francis-leclerc/ "Un t sans point ni coup sr Film de Francis Leclerc"]. 'Films du Qubec', April 25, 2009.
Written by Marc Robitaille as an adaptation of his own novel,Michel Defoy, [https://voir.ca/cinema/2008/07/31/un-ete-sans-point-ni-coup-sur-francis-leclerc-enfants-de-la-balle-2/ "Un t sans point ni coup sr / Francis Leclerc : Enfants de la balle"]. 'Voir', July 31, 2008. the film is set in the late 1960s and stars Pier-Luc Funk as Martin, a young boy who loves baseball and dreams of someday playing for the new Montreal Expos.[https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/un-ete-sans-point-ni-coup-sur--le-match-de-la-vie-c891a2ae80137d6095a856d05dd8822b "Un t sans point ni coup sr : le match de la vie"]. 'Le Soleil', August 2, 2008. He is disappointed when he is not chosen for the local youth baseball team by coach Gilbert Turcotte (Roy Dupuis), but his hope is restored when his father Charles (Patrice Robitaille) decides to organize and coach a new baseball team for the kids who didn't make it onto Turcotte's team.Pierre Ranger, "Francis Leclerc Un t sans point ni coup sr: lveil". 'Squences', No. 252 (2008), pp. 1415.
The film received two Prix Jutra nominations at the 11th Jutra Awards in 2009, for Best Editing (Glenn Berman) and Best Original Music (Carl Bastien, Luc Sicard).
Cast
*Patrice Robitaille as Charles
*Pier-Luc Funk as Martin
*Jacinthe Lagu as Mireille
*Roy Dupuis as Gilbert Turcotte
*Peter Batakliev as Monsieur B
*Frdrique Dufort as Sophie
*Phillip Jarrett as Mack Jones
*Guy-Daniel Tremblay as Fern
*Guy Thauvette as M. Audet
*Victor Desjardins as Grand Pete
Music
In addition to Fernand Lapierre's recording of the Montreal Expos theme song "Les Expos sont l", the film's soundtrack included a number of popular French and English songs from the era. Most were rerecorded as new covers by contemporary Quebec artists, although Robert Charlebois and Louise Forestier's "Lindberg" was included in its original version, and a few songs, including the theme to the television sitcom 'Gilligan's Island', were sung diegetically by the film's own cast.[https://voir.ca/nouvelles/actualite-musicale/2008/07/31/daniel-belanger-chante-donovan/ "Daniel Blanger chante Donovan"]. 'Voir', July 31, 2008.
*"Je reviens chez nous" (Jean-Pierre Ferland) - Fernand Lapierre
*"Les Expos sont l" (Marc Glinas, Marcel Lefebvre) - Fernand Lapierre
*"L'amour est bleu" (Andr Popp, Pierre Cour) - Luc Sicard and Carl Bastien
*"People Got to Be Free" (Felix Cavaliere, Eddie Brigati) - Louis Larivire
*"Working for the Man" (Roy Orbison) - Luck Mervil
*"Daydream" (John Sebastian) - Ariane Moffatt
*"The Ballad of Gilligan's Isle" (George Wyle, Sherwood Schwartz) - Pier-Luc Funk, Victor Desjardins, Simon Pigeon, Jean Carl Boucher
*"California Dreamin'" (John Phillips, Michelle Philips) - Luck Mervil, Daniel Blanger, Ariane Moffatt, Marie-Pierre Arthur
*"Sunshine Superman" (Donovan) - Daniel Blanger
*"These Eyes" (Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings) - Batrice Bonifassi
*"Lindberg" (Robert Charlebois, Claude Ploquin) - Robert Charlebois, Louise Forestier
*"The House of the Rising Sun" (Alan Price) - Sandrine St-Onge, Frdrique Dufort
References
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