Good Riddance (1980)
Les bons débarras (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 0min
- Drama
- 12 Jan 1981 (USA)
- Movie
- 8 wins & 5 nominations.
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Charlotte Laurier | ... |
Manon
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Marie Tifo | ... |
Michelle
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Germain Houde | ... |
Guy
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Louise Marleau | ... |
Mrs. Viau-Vachon
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Roger Lebel | ... |
Maurice
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Gilbert Sicotte | ... |
Gaetan
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Serge Thériault | ... |
Lucien
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Jean Pierre Bergeron | ... |
Fernand
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Léo Ilial | ... |
Samaritain
(as Leo Ilial)
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Madeleine Chartrand | ... |
Girl at the bar
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Louise Rinfret | ... |
Girl at the bar
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Eric Beauséjour | ... |
Cousin
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JP Duplessis | ... |
Cousin
(as Jean-Pierre Duplessis)
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Marcella Fajardo | ... |
Cousin
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Marie Laurier | ... |
Cousin
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Henri | ... |
Princesse
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Directed by
Francis Mankiewicz |
Written by
Réjean Ducharme | ... | () |
Produced by
Marcia Couëlle | ... | producer |
Claude Godbout | ... | producer |
Music by
Bernard Buisson |
Cinematography by
Michel Brault |
Editing by
André Corriveau |
Art Direction by
Michel Proulx |
Costume Design by
Diane Paquet |
Makeup Department
Marie-Angèle Protat | ... | hair stylist (as Marie-Angèle Breitner-Protat) / makeup artist (as Marie-Angèle Breitner-Protat) |
Production Management
Francine Forest | ... | unit manager |
Monique H. Messier | ... | production manager (as Monique Messier) |
Michèle St-Arnaud | ... | unit manager |
Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Louise Abastado | ... | assistant director |
Alain Chartrand | ... | assistant director |
Marie-Andrée Vinet | ... | second assistant director |
Art Department
Pierre Fournier | ... | property master |
Daniel Huysmans | ... | props |
Sound Department
Henri Blondeau | ... | recording director |
Michel Descombes | ... | sound mixer |
Marcel Fraser | ... | boom operator |
Stunts
Serge Deniau | ... | stunts |
Marcel Fournier | ... | stunts |
Yves Fournier | ... | stunts |
Camera and Electrical Department
Michel Caron | ... | assistant camera: second unit |
Daniel Chrétien | ... | electrician |
Louis de Ernsted | ... | camera operator: second unit / first assistant camera |
Pierre Duceppe | ... | assistant camera: second unit |
Guy Dufaux | ... | director of photography: second unit |
Richer Francoeur | ... | electrician |
Robert Grenier | ... | grip |
Serge Grenier | ... | key grip |
Robert Martel | ... | second assistant camera |
Jacques Paquet | ... | gaffer |
Yves Ste-Marie | ... | still photographer |
Jean-Charles Tremblay | ... | camera operator: second unit |
Eddy Trempe | ... | electrician |
Costume and Wardrobe Department
Suzanne Harel | ... | costumer |
Location Management
Michèle St-Arnaud | ... | assistant location manager (uncredited) |
Music Department
Bernard Buisson | ... | music arranger / musical director |
Jean Corriveau | ... | music arranger |
François Richard | ... | music arranger |
Script and Continuity Department
Marie La Haye | ... | script supervisor |
Additional Crew
André Brault | ... | production assistant |
Louise Deslauriers | ... | production accountant |
Jacques Garon | ... | production assistant |
Andrée Lachapelle | ... | production secretary |
Michelle St-Arnaud | ... | production assistant |
Production Companies
Distributors
- Filmoption International (1980) (World-wide)
- International Film Exchange (IFEX) (1981) (United States) (subtitled)
- Pan-Canadian Film Distributors
Special Effects
Other Companies
- Cinémart Inc. (technical equipment)
- Grafart Inc. (titles)
Storyline
Plot Summary |
Set in a small rural town in the Quebec Laurentians, Michelle lives in an isolated house with her mentally-challenged brother Guy and her 13 year old daughter Manon. Together the three of them survive by running a small firewood business and performing other odd jobs. Michelle is frustrated with living in poverty and being the center of several people who demand her affection; her brother is like a second child who lives in his own world, his romantic obsession with their wealthy client Madame Viau-Vachon being an exercise in futility. Maurice, the local police chief, is her lover and Gaetan, a mechanic and family friend, would like to be. Most demanding of all is her daughter, who has an unhealthy emotional dependence on her. Precocious and uninterested in school, Manon is jealous of her Mother's suitors and angry at being left home to do chores and care for Guy. When an event occurs that threatens the emotional dynamic between Manon and her mother, she becomes obsessed with removing anything that stands in the way of her having an exclusive claim on her mother's love no matter what the cost. Written by pr1mal_1 |
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Box Office
Budget | CAD632,000 (estimated) |
Did You Know?
Trivia | In a 2003 poll in La Presse, Les Bons Débarras was named the greatest of all Quebec films. See more » |
Soundtracks | Il Pastor Fido See more » |