Winter Stories

Winter Stories (French: Histoires d'hiver) is a Canadian sports drama film, released in 1999.[1] 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.[1]

Winter Stories
FrenchHistoires d'hiver
Directed byFrançois Bouvier
Written byFrançois Bouvier
Marc Robitaille
Based onDes histoires d'hiver, avec des rues, des écoles et du hockey by Marc Robitaille
Produced byClaude Gagnon
Yuri Yoshimura-Gagnon
Starring
CinematographyAllen Smith
Edited byAndré Corriveau
Music byMichel Rivard
Release date
  • 1999 (1999)
Running time
105 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The film stars Joël 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.[1] A passionate fan of hockey, particularly of the Montreal Canadiens, he idolizes Henri Richard.[1] 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.[1]

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.[1]

Awards

The film garnered seven Genie Award nominations at the 20th Genie Awards:[2]

References
  1. "A winter's tale: Histoires d'Hiver sets coming-of-age during '66-'67 hockey season". Montreal Gazette, February 26, 1999.
  2. "Sunshine leads the field for the Genie Awards". Calgary Herald, December 8, 1999.


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