Good Riddance

Synopsis

Set in a small rural town in the Quebec Laurentian Mountains, 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. Then an event occurs that threatens the emotional dynamic between Manon and her mother.

Main Cast

Charlotte Laurier

Manon

Age : 57 | Popularity : 4%

Marie Tifo

Michelle

Age : 74 | Popularity : 3%

Germain Houde

Guy

Age : 71 | Popularity : 7%

Louise Marleau

Mrs. Viau-Vachon

Age : 79 | Popularity : 3%

Roger Le Bel

Maurice

Age : 71 | Popularity : 3%

Gilbert Sicotte

Gaetan

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Serge Thériault

Lucien

Age : 76 | Popularity : 4%

Jean-Pierre Bergeron

Fernand

Age : 72 | Popularity : 7%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Réjean Ducharme
Directing	Director	Francis Mankiewicz
Camera	Director of Photography	Michel Brault
Sound	Music	Bernard Buisson
Editing	Editor	André Corriveau
Art	Art Direction	Michel Proulx
Department	Role	Name

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