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Junior
Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault 2007
Categories: Canadian Spectrum
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Run time: 97 min. | Canada | Language: French
There's no margin for error, getting drunk or breaking curfew in the high-stakes game stickhandled by the coaches, agents, trainers, owners and shareholders of junior hockey. Direct cinema and dramatic editing capture the joys and the anguish of young Baie-Comeau players throughout an entire season. The team isn't doing well and the pressure to win is intense. As players autograph their pictures for teenage girls after a game, managers and owners meet behind closed doors to decide their fate. In one brutal scene, a player is "fired" minutes before the team photo shoot. In another, a player is told he's been traded and has 30 minutes to catch a bus to a different city to play that night-or his hockey career is over. Junior has no actual hockey scenes, but superb filmmaking and the boys' rough and tumble passage to manhood take this film beyond a typical sports documentary. In French and English with English subtitles.
-Lynne Fernie
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7:00 PM     Sun, Apr 20 Cumberland Cinemas 2 + add to cal
4:30 PM     Tue, Apr 22 Innis Town Hall + add to cal
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director
Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault
 
producer
Johanne Bergeron
cinematographer
Isabelle Lavigne
Stéphane Thibault
editor
René Roberge
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Rated 4.0/5 Stars
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Nice piece of verité that takes us right into this world. Especially worth it for anyone who is interested in hockey or the culture around it.
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