Kid Sentiment (1968)

Directed by

Jacques Godbout

Genre

docufiction

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 20m

Rating

5.8 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

The film follows four teenagers in Quebec City as they hang out and talk about their lives. The director also interviews the young actors directly about their goals and beliefs, mixing fiction with documentary in a straightforward way.

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What happens

Kid Sentiment is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jacques Godbout and released in 1968. Mixing fiction with documentary in the direct cinema style and working with a cast of non-professional actors, the film depicts 1960s youth culture through a narrative fiction story about four teenagers in Quebec City mixed with segments in which Godbout directly interviews the actors about their goals, values and philosophies of life. The film starred Andrée Cousineau, François Guy, Michèle Mercure and Louis Parizeau, as well as writer Jacques Languirand in a supporting role. Guy and Parizeau were real-life musicians with the Montreal rock band Les Sinners, who provided two songs for the film's soundtrack, while Cousineau and Mercure were go-go dancers Guy and Parizeau knew from the club scene; Mercure was the daughter of actress Monique Mercure. The film was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Feature Film at the 20th Canadian Film Awards in 1968. Following its Canadian theatrical premiere in 1968, the film was screened in the Director's Fortnight stream at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. The film was later released on DVD, with a 1967 episode of the Canadian television variety series Let's Go as a bonus feature. Parizeau later left the music business and became a private investigator. In 2019, he appeared in the documentary film Head First (Tenir tête) to speak about mental health challenges after having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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