Junior
2008
1 h 36 min
Coming soon
This full-length documentary offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at our national sport, hockey. Taking in an entire season of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, this film reveals the daily lives of players and managers on this Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team. Admired and treated like professionals, junior hockey players are teenagers absorbed by their future. Trainers, shareholders, agents, scouts and parents: all eyes are fixed on these elite young players, even though only a tiny number of them will succeed in playing at the highest level.
Details
This full-length documentary offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at our national sport, hockey. Taking in an entire season of the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, this film reveals the daily lives of players and managers on this Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team.
Admired and treated like professionals, junior hockey players are teenagers absorbed by their future. Trainers, shareholders, agents, scouts and parents: all eyes are fixed on these elite young players, even though only a tiny number of them will succeed in playing at the highest level.
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participantBenjamin BreaultChristian DaigleMichel MorissetteÉric DuboisÉric MessierJean-Pierre LareauRyan James HandFrançois BouchardAlexandre Picard-HooperJonathan DuchesneauMichel LaroqueJacques TremblayPierre ParentDenis LeblancMarcel MarsolaisPatrick LoweAlex LamontagneRyan LehrGilles CôtéBrian St-Louis
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researchIsabelle LavigneStéphane Thibault
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writingIsabelle LavigneStéphane Thibault
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directionIsabelle LavigneStéphane Thibault
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cameraStéphane Thibault
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location soundIsabelle Lavigne
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editingRené Roberge
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sound designDaniel Toussaint
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sound design assistantLuc Raymond
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production managerIsabelle LavigneStéphane ThibaultDoris LapierreSylvie LapointeTeri Snelgrove
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additional cameraAlex MargineanuLuc St-Louis
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additional location soundRichard LavoieLouis DesparoisMarco Fania
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sound recording consultantSerge Beauchemin
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production assistantFernande MontignyBenoit Pellerin
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stills photographerChristian Lamontagne
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digital editing technicianIsabelle Painchaud
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graphic designFrédéric NoiseuxJean-François LeBlanc
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online editingDenis Gathelier
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titlesGaspard Gaudreau
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translationKathleen Fleming
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subtitlesKathleen Fleming
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foleyStéphane Cadotte
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foley recordingAudio Postproduction SPR Inc.
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re-recordingShelley CraigJean Paul Vialard
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marketing managerFrançois Jacques
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marketing manager - assistanceSolen Labrie Trépanier
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administratorDenise DesLauriers
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administrative staffMirabelle BélangerDominique BrunetLise LévesqueHélène Regimbal
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technical coordinatorJean-François Laprise
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associate producerMaryse Chapdelaine
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producerJohanne BergeronYves Bisaillon
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executive producerYves Bisaillon
Education
Ages 15 to 17
Family Studies/Home Economics - Adolescent Development
Health/Personal Development - Mental Health/Stress/Suicide
Physical Education - Fitness
Physical Education - Safety/Fair Play/Leadership
Before the film, brainstorm (in a group or individually)
ideas about professional athletes and their lifestyle (for example, training
vs. competition, business vs. career building, family vs. personal life).
After viewing, have students compare their views with the reality in the film.
What challenges do the young athletes in this film face? What sacrifices do
they make? Discuss the careers and lives of celebrity athletes and how success
has affected their performance and personal lives.