Good Riddance (film)

Good Riddance
Film poster
Directed byFrancis Mankiewicz
Written byRéjean Ducharme
Produced byMarcia Couëlle
Claude Godbout
StarringCharlotte Laurier
Marie Tifo
Germain Houde
CinematographyMichel Brault
Edited byAndré Corriveau
Music byBernard Buisson
Production
company
Productions Prisma
Distributed byPan-Canadian Film Distributors
Release date
  • 29 February 1980 (1980-02-29)
Running time
120 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench
BudgetCAD 600,000[1]

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.

  1. ^ Morris 2002, p. 99.