Winter Stories

Winter Stories (French: Histoires d'hiver) is a 1999 Canadian sports drama film.^[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
French	Histoires d'hiver
Directed by	François Bouvier
Written by	François Bouvier Marc Robitaille
Based on	Des histoires d'hiver, avec des rues, des écoles et du hockey by Marc Robitaille
Produced by	Claude Gagnon Yuri Yoshimura-Gagnon
Starring	Joël Drapeau-Dalpé Denis Bouchard Luc Guérin Diane Lavallée Suzanne Champagne
Cinematography	Allen Smith
Edited by	André Corriveau
Music by	Michel Rivard
Release date	1999 (1999)
Running time	105 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

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]

• Best Picture
• Best Actor (Drapeau-Dalpé, Bouchard)
• Best Supporting Actor (Ivanovici)
• Best Supporting Actress (Champagne)
• Best Adapted Screenplay (Bouvier, Robitaille)
• Best Editing (André Corriveau)

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.

External links

• Winter Stories at IMDb