Junior (2008 film)
| Junior | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Isabelle Lavigne Stéphane Thibault |
| Written by | Isabelle Lavigne Stéphane Thibault |
| Produced by | Johanne Bergeron Yves Bisaillon |
| Starring | Benjamin Breault Christian Daigle Michel Morissette Éric Dubois Éric Messier Jean-Pierre Lareau Ryan-James Hand François Bouchard Alexandre Picard-Hooper Jonathan Duchesneau Michel Laroque Jacques Tremblay Pierre Parent Denis Leblanc Marcel Marsolais Patrick Lowe Alex Lamontagne Ryan Lehr Gilles Côté Brian St-Louis |
| Edited by | René Roberge |
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Running time | 96 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Languages | French, English |
Junior is a 2008 documentary film chronicling a year in the life of Baie-Comeau Drakkar of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. Co-directed by Isabelle Lavigne and Stéphane Thibault and produced by the National Film Board of Canada, the film was named Best Documentary: Society at the Prix Gémeaux and Best Canadian Feature Documentary at the Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival. It also won the Sheffield Doc/Fest Audience Award in 2009
The film was shot in Direct Cinema style and follows players, managers, trainers, shareholders, agents and recruiters over the course of an entire season.