Agency:.Produced by the National Film Board of Canada in co-operation with Radio-Canada. Agency - French program:.Quebec Studio.

Research, Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault ; writing, Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault ; direction, Isabelle Lavigne, Stéphane Thibault ; camera, Stéphane Thibault ; location sound, Isabelle Lavigne ; editing, René Roberge ; sound design, Daniel Toussaint ; foley, Stéphane Cadotte ; re-recording, Shelley Craig, Jean Paul Vialard ; producer, Johanne Bergeron, Yves Bisaillon ; executive producer, Yves Bisaillon.

Participant, 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.

Recorded 2008.

Reflecting our society, the world of junior hockey seems more and more obsessed with competition. Without making any judgments, Junior gives us a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at our national sport. Taking in one complete season with the Baie-Comeau Drakkar, this film reveals the daily lives of managers and players on this Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team. This documentary marries the steady pace of fiction films with the sensitive eye of the ?direct cinema? tradition. It intentionally shows no scenes of hockey being played, yet proves that what happens off the ice is no less exciting. Admired and treated like professionals, junior hockey players are already stars whose lives have very little margin of error. They are also teenagers as young as 16, who are already gambling with 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. By intercutting evocative images and making effective symbolic links, Junior offers a real-life portrait of an environment that engenders deep emotions despite its rough exterior.

Mode of access: World Wide Web.

Best Canadian Feature Documentary, 2008 Best Documentary: Society, 2009

Description based on online resource; title from title screen (National Film Board of Canada, viewed 2023-08-10).