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Release Date:
February 28, 1980
Original Title:
Les bons débarras
Genres:
Drama
Production Companies:
Les Productions Prisma
Production Countries:
Canada
Ratings / Certifications:
CA: PG
Runtime: 120
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.
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Art Direction:
Michel Proulx
Costume Designer:
Diane Paquet
Director:
Francis Mankiewicz
Director of Photography:
Michel Brault
Editor:
André Corriveau
Music:
Bernard Buisson
Original Music Composer:
Bernard Buisson
Producer:
Claude Godbout
Writer:
Réjean Ducharme
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