''Winter Stories'' (french: Histoires d'hiver) is a Canadian sports drama film, released in 1999."A winter's tale: Histoires d'Hiver sets coming-of-age during '66-'67 hockey season". ''

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'', February 26, 1999. Directed by

François Bouvier François Bouvier is a Canadian film and television director from Quebec."A paradoxical people put on quite the show". ''The Globe and Mail'', June 15, 1985. His credits have included the films '' Jacques and November (Jacques et novembre)'', ''Un ...

and written by Bouvier and

Marc Robitaille Marc Robitaille is a Canadian screenwriter, novelist and sportswriter. He is most noted for his work on the films ''Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver)'', for which he and François Bouvier received a Genie Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenpl ...

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 Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

in the 1960s. The film stars Joël Drapeau-Dalpé as Martin Roy, a boy on the cusp of his teenage years and in his final year of

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in 1966. A passionate fan of hockey, particularly of the

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, he idolizes

Henri Richard Joseph Henri Richard (February 29, 1936 – March 6, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975. He was nicknamed "Pocket Rocket" after ...

. However, over the course of the winter he begins to learn that there are many more things in the world to discover, including pot,

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and pretty girls. The film's cast also includes Luc Guérin as Martin's father,

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as his uncle Maurice, Suzanne Champagne as his homeroom teacher Mme Chouinard, and

Alex Ivanovici Alex Ivanovici is a Canadian actor and theatre director. He is most noted for his supporting role in the film '' Winter Stories (Histoires d'hiver)'', for which he was a Genie Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor at the 20th Genie Awards. He i ...

as his English teacher.

Awards

The film garnered seven

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nominations at the

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:"Sunshine leads the field for the Genie Awards". ''

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'', December 8, 1999. *

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

References

External links

* 1999 films 1999 drama films Canadian ice hockey films Canadian coming-of-age drama films Films directed by François Bouvier French-language Canadian films 1990s Canadian films {{1990s-Canada-film-stub