Vampire coach and future champion. Laurie LaRoche is a young skater who showed class - third place in her first Canadian Championship. Instead of her rival, who took the second, they decide to send her to the World Cup and hand her over to a coach with the reputation of the beast Bruce Gainer.
Information about the “Skater” little, and according to fans of figure skating is the only worthy feature film about this sport. A simple plot, and not even about the profession itself, but about human relationships, with the moment that these relationships swirl around sports, and the film can make such a strong impression on you that you will be interested in figure skating.
This feature film is very similar to the documentary: pauses, titles with the name of the championship cities, long-range plans, the screams of the coach, the daring answers of the student, the noise of the gathering auditorium. And yet there is a lot of artistic in it: the ups and downs of Laurie LaRoche, the rage and affection of Bruce Gainer, a rival, family problems, nervous breakdowns. "I want to wipe the smile off her face," says Laurie, her coach, who respects the stick-and-carrot method. Accurate phrases, memorable dialogues, successful musical design - a scene of rivalry between girls in training.
Before I knew that Lynn Nightingale was a Canadian athlete, I had no doubt that she did everything herself. Moreover, the sports history of Lynn resembles the story of the heroine. Third place in the championship of Canada, then tenth place in the world Cup, and first place in the championship of Canada (first of four in a row). Maybe she had the same Bruce too?
Canadian films, unfortunately, have their own atmosphere. Today, when hot countries are so fashionable, it is nice to see a film in which actors do not remove knitted sweaters.