Good Riddance (1979)

Original title

Les bons débarras

Directed by

Francis Mankiewicz

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 54m

Rated

PG

Rating

7.4 of 10 from 15 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An unstable young girl lives with her mother and her alcoholic uncle in rural Quebec. She tries to control her mother's life, leading to tense and volatile family conflicts.

intimateclaustrophobicmelancholicunsettlingbleakemotionally intenselow-budgetcharacter-driven

What happens

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. The film was selected as the Canadian entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 53rd Academy Awards, but was not accepted as a nominee. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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