Good Riddance (film)

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 minutes
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 Ti-Guy (Germain Houde).

Cast

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] The film was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival.^[3]

Canadian Film Encyclopedia, a publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group.
Les Bons débarras at the Internet Movie Database
Good Riddance at AllRovi

Canadian Film Award/Genie Award winners for Best Motion Picture

Canadian Film Award	À tout prendre (1964) • The Luck of Ginger Coffey (1965) • Le Festin des Morts (1966) • Warrendale (1967) • The Ernie Game (1968) • The Best Damn Fiddler from Calabogie to Kaladar (1969) • Goin' Down the Road (1970) • Mon oncle Antoine (1971) • Wedding in White (1972) • Slipstream (1973) • The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz (1974) • Les Ordres (1975) • Lies My Father Told Me (1976) • J.A. Martin Photographer (1977) • The Silent Partner (1978)

Genie Award	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) • Passchendaele (2008) • Polytechnique (2009) • Incendies (2010)