- Good Riddance (film)
Infobox Film
name = Good Riddance
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director =Francis Mankiewicz
producer =Marcia Couëlle Claude Godbout
writer =Réjean Ducharme
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starring =Charlotte Laurier Marie Tifo Germain Houde
music =Bernard Buisson
cinematography =Michel Brault
editing = André Corriveau
distributor =Pan-Canadian Film Distributors
released =29 February ,1980 (Canada)12 January ,1981 (USA)
runtime = 120 mins
country =Canada
language = French
budget = CAD 632,000 (estimated)
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amg_id = 1:28981
imdb_id = 0078894"Good Riddance" ( _fr. Les Bons débarras) is a 1980 French-language Canadian
drama film . Directed byFrancis Mankiewicz and written byRéjean Ducharme , the film concerns Manon (Charlotte Laurier ), a rebellious young girl who lives with her mother Michelle (Marie Tifo ) and her alcoholic uncle Guy (Germain Houde ).Acclaim
"Good Riddance" is widely considered one of the classic films in both Quebec and Canadian cinema. [ [http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0011665 The Canadian Encyclopedia: Les Bons débarras/Good Riddance ] ] 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. [ [http://avtrust.ca/masterworks/2006/en_film_2.htm AV Trust | Preserving Canada's Visual and Audio Treasures | Les bons débarras] ]References
External links
* [http://filmreferencelibrary.ca/index.asp?layid=44&csid1=7&navid=87&fid3=555&offset=30 Canadian Film Encyclopedia] , a publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group.
*imdb title|id=0078894|title=Les Bons débarras
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