If you liked the film “The Full Monty,” you’ll love “Les Boys,” a French-Canadian flick about a garage league hockey team and its unique lessons of victory.

That’s the victory of the human spirit, by the way. Les Boys is actually the name of the hockey team which is made up of a heart surgeon, a cop, a lawyer (who is also quietly gay), a mechanic, a rock guitarist (who is also a cocaine user), a real estate agent and a lothario. They have great jobs and big problems, but when it comes to hockey, they ice out the rest of the world and get to the rink. Their coach is Stan, who owns the bar where they all like to hang out after the game — before they go to the strip joint, that is.

They’re not a very good team and the movie begins (rather slowly) with the last game of a passionate but unimpressive season. So when Stan invites his “Boys” to play an unscheduled game, they are only too happy to comply. What he doesn’t tell them is that he has been forced by a mobster to bet the bar on the outcome of the game.

Unsuspecting, they hit the ice and begin playing against a team of professional goons whose dirty tricks quickly break the spirit — and very nearly the necks — of Les Boys. Between periods, the players confront Stan and want to know what’s going on. He confesses his predicament. Two players walk out. Others complain. And it’s clear that the game is over by default — if not disgust.

Stan returns to the ice to call off the game but then in a triumphant moment, Les Boys return to the ice. Woof, woof, woof! The rest of the story is as exciting as watching the live event itself except the humor here is tres hilarious.

At the heart of this film is the transformation of Les Boys into Les Men, and you don’t have to be a hockey fan — just a fan of good storytelling, near-perfect camera work, and flawless acting — to like this low-budget indie. If you are a hockey fan, however, you’ll love this sendup of hockey superstitions and violence.

For those who aren’t up on their Franglais — the relaxed spoken French of Quebec where this film was made — the subtitles are helpful. The rock soundtrack is in both languages, but this film is entirely Quebecois in its satirizing of male stereotypes.

Therein lies its power to make you laugh and — get this — to really think about a bigger game: the one called life. These are guys who agitate you by saying you should leave your wife if marriage is interfering with the puck. But underneath all that macho equipment, these are nice guys and their triumph is Stanley Cup material.

Screenings of “Les Boys” will take place 5 p.m. July 15 and 9:30 p.m. July 16 at the Railroad Square Cinema in Waterville. For information, call 873-6526.