A No-Hit No-Run Summer

A No-Hit No-Run Summer (French: Un été sans point ni coup sûr) is a Canadian sports drama film, directed by Francis Leclerc and released in 2008.[1]

A No-Hit No-Run Summer
FrenchUn été sans point ni coup sûr
Directed byFrancis Leclerc
Written byMarc Robitaille
Produced byBarbara Shrier
StarringPatrice Robitaille
Pier-Luc Funk
Jacinthe Laguë
Roy Dupuis
Peter Batakliev
CinematographySteve Asselin
Edited byGlenn Berman
Music byCarl Bastien
Luc Sicard
Release date
2008
Running time
104 min.
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Written by Marc Robitaille as an adaptation of his own novel,[2] 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.[3] 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.[4]

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

Music

In addition to Fernand Lapierre's recording of the Montreal Expos theme song "Les Expos sont là", the film's soundtrack included a number of popular French and English songs from the era.[1] 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.[5]

References
  1. Charles-Henri Raymond, "Un été sans point ni coup sûr – Film de Francis Leclerc". Films du Québec, April 25, 2009.
  2. Michel Defoy, "Un été sans point ni coup sûr / Francis Leclerc : Enfants de la balle". Voir, July 31, 2008.
  3. "«Un été sans point ni coup sûr» : le match de la vie". Le Soleil, August 2, 2008.
  4. Pierre Ranger, "Francis Leclerc — Un été sans point ni coup sûr: l’éveil". Séquences, No. 252 (2008), pp. 14–15.
  5. "Daniel Bélanger chante Donovan". Voir, July 31, 2008.
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