The story of Quebec's most beloved hockey player, Maurice "The Rocket" Richard, focusing on the struggles of a French Canadian in the National Hockey League dominated by Anglophones.
Acting
Roy Dupuis smolders with barely-contained rage.
Cinematography
Black-and-white game footage bleeds into color memory.
Direction
Binamé knows when to let silence do the hitting.
Director
Charles Binamé
Roy Dupuis
Maurice Richard
Julie Le Breton
Lucille Richard
Stephen McHattie
Dick Irvin
Michel Barrette
Père Norchet
Rémy Girard
Tony Bergeron
Tony Calabretta
Frank Selke
Philip Craig
Tommy Gorman
Paul Doucet
Camil Desroches
Sean Avery
Bob Dill
Pascal Dupuis
Milt Schmidt
Diane Lavallée
Alice Norchet
François Langlois-Vallières
Maurice Richard à 16 ans
Pierre-François Legendre
Georges Norchet
Mario Jean
Paul Stuart
Robert Brouillette
Partisan fanatique
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 1955 Richard Riot is still taught in Quebec schools as a pivotal moment in the Quiet Revolution.
Roy Dupuis trained for months to skate like Richard; NHL veterans on set said he moved wrong in all the right ways.
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