Les bons débarras (1980)
Good Riddance
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.
Casting arrow_drop_down
as Manon
as Michelle
as Guy
as Mrs. Viau-Vachon
as Maurice
as Gaetan
as Lucien
as Fernand
as Samaritain (as Leo Ilial)
as Girl at the bar
as Girl at the bar
as Cousin
as Cousin
as Cousin
as Cousin
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Writer
Director
Director of Photography
Original Music Composer
Editor
Art Direction
Music
