Good Riddance (film)
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Good Riddance
Directed by Francis Mankiewicz
Produced by Marcia Couëlle
Claude Godbout
Written by Réjean Ducharme
Starring Charlotte Laurier
Marie Tifo
Germain Houde
Music by Bernard Buisson
Cinematography Michel Brault
Editing by André Corriveau
Distributed by Pan-Canadian Film Distributors
Release date(s) 29 February 1980 (Canada)
12 January 1981 (USA)
Running time 120 mins
Country Canada
Language French
Budget CAD 632,000 (estimated)

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), a rebellious young girl who lives with her mother Michelle (Marie Tifo) and her alcoholic uncle Guy (Germain Houde).

Acclaim

Good Riddance is widely considered one of the classic films in both Quebec and Canadian cinema.1 It won the Genie Award for Best Canadian Film. It has been designated and preserved as a "masterwork" by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada, a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the preservation of Canada’s audio-visual heritage. 2

References

  1. ^ The Canadian Encyclopedia: Les Bons débarras/Good Riddance
  2. ^ AV Trust | Preserving Canada's Visual and Audio Treasures | Les bons débarras

External links

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Genie Award Winners for Best Motion Picture

The Changeling (1980) • Les Bons débarras (1981) • Ticket to Heaven (1982) • The Grey Fox (1983) • The Terry Fox Story (1984) • The Bay Boy (1985) • My American Cousin (1986) • Le Déclin de l'empire américain (1987) • Un Zoo la nuit (1988) • Dead Ringers (1989) • Jésus de Montréal (1990) • Black Robe (1991) • Naked Lunch (1992) • Thirty Two Short Films About Glenn Gould (1993) • Exotica (1994) • The Confessional (1995) • Lilies (1996) • The Sweet Hereafter (1997) • The Red Violin (1998) • Sunshine (1999) • Maelström (2000) • Atanarjuat (2001) • Ararat (2002) • Les Invasions barbares (2003) • Les Triplettes de Belleville (2004) • C.R.A.Z.Y. (2005) • Bon Cop, Bad Cop (2006) • Away from Her (2007)
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