Every Monday evening, at the arena, eleven men get together to lovingly put on the jersey of the Boys, the hockey team of a "garage" league to which they belong. As Stan, their revered trainer, would affectionately say, they have the "puck" tattooed on their hearts. It doesn't matter if they are lawyers, policemen, mechanics or unemployed, as soon as they enter the locker room, everyone forgets their age, their work and their problems.
Acting
Marc Messier and Rémy Girard's lived-in chemistry feels like actual teammates
Writing
Dialogue so authentically Québecois it practically smells like locker room
Production
Garage league hockey captured with zero Hollywood gloss — just sweat and beer
Director
Louis Saïa
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This film practically DEFINED 'cinéma québécois populaire' of the 90s — think Québec's answer to The Full Monty but with way more body checking and existential dread.
Most cast members actually played hockey growing up; Marc Messier (no relation to THE Mark Messier) based Bob on his own beer league teammates' ritualistic denial of aging.
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