Hunting the Northern Godard (2013)

Original title

Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi

Directed by

Éric Morin

Genre

drama film

Country

Canada

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

14A

Rating

4.7 of 10 from 10 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

In 1968, filmmaker Jean-Luc Godard visits a remote region of Quebec. A Montreal musician comes with him and starts a romance with a local young woman, creating tension with her boyfriend.

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What happens

Hunting the Northern Godard (French: Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Éric Morin and released in 2013. Inspired by influential film director Jean-Luc Godard's visit to the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec in 1968, the film centres on the developing relationship between Paul (Martin Dubreuil), a musician from Montreal who accompanied Godard on the trip, and Marie (Sophie Desmarais), a young woman from Rouyn-Noranda who becomes drawn into a love triangle between Paul and her boyfriend Michel (Alexandre Castonguay). The character of Paul was based on Pierre Harel of Offenbach. Dubreuil's real-life garage rock band Les Breastfeeders appear in the film as Paul's band Les Tragédiens. Godard himself is a minor character in the film, portrayed by musician Jean-Philippe Goncalves, and the film includes narration by playwright René-Daniel Dubois. The film received five Jutra Award nominations at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014, for Best Art Direction (Marie-Hélène Lavoie), Best Costume Design (Caroline Bodson), Best Makeup (Maïna Militza), Best Hairstyling (Militza) and Best Sound (Yann Cleary and Martin Rouillard). (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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