Marc Robitaille
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as an adaptation of his own novel, 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. 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 été sans point ni coup sûr: l’éveil". ''Séquences'', No. 252 (2008), pp. 14–15.
The film received two Prix Jutra nominations at the
11th Jutra Awards
The 11th Jutra Awards
The Prix Iris is a Canadian film award, presented annually by Québec Cinéma, which recognizes talent and achievement in the mainly francophone feature film industry in Quebec.Patrice Robitaille as Charles
* Pier-Luc Funk as Martin
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as Mireille
* Roy Dupuis as Gilbert Turcotte
*Peter Batakliev as Monsieur B
*Frédérique Dufort as Sophie
*Phillip Jarrett as Mack Jones
*Guy-Daniel Tremblay as Fern
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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 là", 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 ''
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'', July 31, 2008.
*"Je reviens chez nous" ( Jean-Pierre Ferland) - Fernand Lapierre
*"Les Expos sont là" (Marc Gélinas, Marcel Lefebvre) - Fernand Lapierre
*" L'amour est bleu" (
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