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94% Rotten Tomatoes Directed by François Bouvier Initial release 26 February 1999 Music director Michel Rivard | 7.1/10 IMDb 3.1/5 AlloCine Music by Michel Rivard Director François Bouvier | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Produced by Claude Gagnon
Yuri Yoshimura-Gagnon Written by François Bouvier
Marc Robitaille Based on Des histoires d'hiver, avec des rues, des écoles et du hockey by Marc Robitaille Starring Joel Drapeau-Dalpé
Denis Bouchard
Luc Guérin
Diane Lavallée
Suzanne Champagne Nominations Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best Screenplay Screenplay François Bouvier, Marc Robitaille Cast Denis Bouchard, Joël Drapeau‑Dalpé, Diane Lavallée, Alex Ivanovici, Suzanne Champagne Similar Ice hockey movies, Other similar movies | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Winter Stories (French: Histoires d'hiver) is a Canadian sports drama film, released in 1999. Directed by François Bouvier and written by Bouvier and Marc Robitaille as an adaptation of Robitaille's book Des histoires d'hiver, avec des rues, des écoles et du hockey, the film centres on a young boy's obsession with ice hockey in the 1960s.
The film stars Joel Drapeau-Dalpé 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 Guérin 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: