After suffering the
loss of his best friend Charlie (Joe Perry) on Christmas Eve, sixteen year old
Bobby Whiteside (Kristian Wang), has to endure his father Cole (Ryan Northcott)
leaving home and most cope with an uneasy home life where he constantly argues
with his mother Sarah (Anne Hawthorne) and brother Jeremy (Jayson Therrien).
Feeling that the world is against him he thinks his best option is to leave the
township where all his torments reside and is prepared to forsake his family,
even his little sister Roxie, (Maddie Dixon-Poirier) who is the only one of the
family that he has a decent relationship with.
But one night he
venture out onto the lake where he and Charlie played countless games of winter
hockey and while clearing the surface ice away he makes a shocking discovery,
something magical, a perfectly groomed hockey rink, that appears only at night
and only in his presence.
But when a local
construction company purchases the surrounding land for development Bobby joins
forces with his high school crush, Karen (Siobhan Williams) to rally the town
in opposition to the plans, and then play one last game on the night pond, with
an old friend.
This is a great story,
brilliantly acted, exquisitely directed by Jack Kissack, and made in a darker
and bleaker tone than the more traditional Christmas offerings and is well
worth a watch, but give it a miss if you're looking for a Happy Christmas sugar
fix.
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