Good Riddance(Movie, 1979)

Name: Good Riddance
Genre: Drama
Released: 1979
Duration: T02:0:00
Rating: 3.8

Original title: "Les bons débarras" (French/FR)

2h | Genre: Drama

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 6 votes)

Good Riddance (French: Les Bons débarras) is a 1980 French-language Canadian drama film. Directed by Francis Mankiewicz and written by Réjean Ducharme, the film concerns Manon (Charlotte Laurier), an unstable young girl who lives with her mother Michelle (Marie Tifo) and her alcoholic and intellectually disabled uncle Ti-Guy (Germain Houde). Starting as the first screenplay by the novelist Ducharme, the film was shot by Mankiewicz and cinematographer Michel Brault on a low budget. It debuted at the Berlin International Film Festival and won several Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture. It was established as a classic Canadian film, with the Toronto International Film Festival repeatedly placing it in the Top 10 Canadian Films of All Time. ()

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Awards & Nominations for Good Riddance

Canadian Screen Award for Best Motion Picture

About Good Riddance

Set in a small rural town in the Quebec Laurentians, Michelle lives in an isolated house with her mentally-challenged brother Guy and her 13 year old daughter Manon. Together the three of them survive by running a small firewood business and performing other odd jobs. Michelle is frustrated with living in poverty and being the center of several people who demand her affection; her brother is like a second child who lives in his own world, his romantic obsession with their wealthy client Madame Viau-Vachon being an exercise in futility. Maurice, the local police chief, is her lover and Gaetan, a mechanic and family friend, would like to be. Most demanding of all is her daughter, who has an unhealthy emotional dependence on her. Precocious and uninterested in school, Manon is jealous of her Mother's suitors and angry at being left home to do chores and care for Guy. When an event occurs that threatens the emotional dynamic between Manon and her mother...

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Production country: Canada

Plays in: Quebec

Made by: Prisma Films

Original language: French (FR)

Spoken languages: French (FR)

Translated into 4 languages: English (EN), French (FR), Italian (IT), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date US: 02/28/1980

Cast: Marie Tifo, Germain Houde, Charlotte Laurier, Gilbert Sicotte, JP Bergeron, Louise Marleau, Roger Lebel, Serge Thériault, Léo Ilial

Director: Francis Mankiewicz

Assistant Director: Marie-Andrée Vinet, Alain Chartrand

Producer: Claude Godbout, Marcia Couelle

Screenwriter: Réjean Ducharme

Film Editor: André Corriveau

Director of Photography: Michel Brault, Michel Proulx

Art Director: Michel Proulx

Costume designer: Diane Paquet

Production Designer: Michel Proulx

Other Team Members: Michel Brault, Bernard Buisson

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Les Bons Débarras"

Keywords: parent child relationship

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