''Winter Stories'' () is a 1999 Canadian sports drama film."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

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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 Screen ...

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

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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

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

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

Denis Bouchard Denis Bouchard (born October 9, 1953) is a Canadian actor and playwright from Quebec. He is most noted for his performances in Denise Filiatrault's 1998 film ''It's Your Turn, Laura Cadieux (C't'à ton tour, Laura Cadieux)'', for which he received ...

as his uncle Maurice, Suzanne Champagne as his homeroom teacher Mme Chouinard, and Alex Ivanovici 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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* Best Actor (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