Good Riddance is a 1980 French-language Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 drama film

Drama film

A drama film is a film genre that depends mostly on in-depth development of realistic characters dealing with emotional themes. Dramatic themes such as alcoholism, drug addiction, infidelity, moral dilemmas, racial prejudice, religious intolerance, poverty, class divisions, violence against women...

. Directed by Francis Mankiewicz

Francis Mankiewicz

Francis Mankiewicz was a Canadian film director, screenwriter and producer. In 1945, his family moved to Montreal, where Francis would spend all his childhood. He was a relative of Joseph L. Mankiewicz and Herman J...

 and written by Réjean Ducharme

Réjean Ducharme

Réjean Ducharme is a Quebec novelist and playwright who currently resides in Montreal. He is extremely reclusive and has not appeared at any public functions since his first successful book was published in 1966...

, the film concerns Manon (Charlotte Laurier), a rebellious young girl who lives with her mother Michelle (Marie Tifo

Marie Tifo

Marie Tifo is a Canadian actress, and a major star in French-speaking Canada. She won a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 1980 drama film Les Bons Débarras.She will star in La Déraison d'amour at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal...

) and her alcoholic

Alcoholism

Alcoholism is a broad term for problems with alcohol, and is generally used to mean compulsive and uncontrolled consumption of alcoholic beverages, usually to the detriment of the drinker's health, personal relationships, and social standing...

 uncle Ti-Guy (Germain Houde

Germain Houde

Germain Houde is a Quebec Genie Award-winning actor. He has won two Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his roles in Les bons débarras and Un Zoo la Nuit.- External links :...

).

Cast

• Charlotte Laurier - Manon
• Marie Tifo
  Marie Tifo
  Marie Tifo is a Canadian actress, and a major star in French-speaking Canada. She won a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the 1980 drama film Les Bons Débarras.She will star in La Déraison d'amour at the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal...
  
   - Michelle
• Germain Houde
  Germain Houde
  Germain Houde is a Quebec Genie Award-winning actor. He has won two Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role for his roles in Les bons débarras and Un Zoo la Nuit.- External links :...
  
   - Guy
• Louise Marleau
  Louise Marleau
  Louise Marleau is a Canadian actress. She won the 1985 Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role for her role in Femme de l'hôtel and was nominated in the same category in 1980 for her role in L'arrache-coeur a role for which she won the 1979 Montreal World Film Festival.She...
  
   - Mrs. Viau-Vachon
• Roger Lebel
  Roger Lebel
  Roger Lebel was a Canadian actor. He won a Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role, in what was his final performance before his death, for Night Zoo....
  
   - Maurice
• Gilbert Sicotte
  Gilbert Sicotte
  Gilbert Sicotte is a Canadian actor. He has been nominated three times for a Genie Award. His first two nominations were in the category of Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role for his performances in Cap Tourmente and Les Pots Cassés. He is currently nominated for Best Actor in a...
  
   - Gaetan
• Serge Thériault
  Serge Thériault
  -Background:Theriault played several roles in several Quebec television series and movies since it debut in the acting industry in 1973.Theriault most famous role was in the popular television series La Petite Vie which played from 1993 to 1999 on French-Canadian television network Radio-Canada and...
  
   - Lucien
• Jean Pierre Bergeron - Fernand
• Leo Ilial - Samaritain
• Madeleine Chartrand - Girl at the bar
• Louise Rinfret - Girl at the bar

Acclaim

Good Riddance is widely considered one of the classic films in both Quebec and Canadian

Canada

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 cinema. It won the Genie Award for Best Canadian Film

Genie Award for Best Motion Picture

The Genie Award for Best Motion Picture is awarded by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to the best Canadian motion picture.-1st Genie Awards:*The Changeling *Cordélia...

. It has been designated and preserved as a "masterwork" by the Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada

Audio-Visual Preservation Trust of Canada

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, a charitable non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the preservation of Canada’s audio-visual heritage. The film was entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival

30th Berlin International Film Festival

The 30th annual Berlin International Film Festival was held from February 18 to February 29, 1980.-Jury:* Ingrid Thulin * Betsy Blair* Mathieu Carrière* Alberto Isaac* Peter Kern* Károly Makk* Alexander Mitta* Alexandre Trauner...

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External links

• Canadian Film Encyclopedia, a publication of The Film Reference Library/a division of the Toronto International Film Festival Group.