parent child relationship

Good Riddance (1980)

Poster for 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.

Cast & Crew

Director
Francis Mankiewicz
  • Profile picture of Charlotte Laurier
    Manon Charlotte Laurier
  • Profile picture of Marie Tifo
    Michelle Marie Tifo
  • Profile picture of Germain Houde
    Guy Germain Houde
  • Profile picture of Louise Marleau
    Mrs. Viau-Vachon Louise Marleau
  • Profile picture of Roger Le Bel
    Maurice Roger Le Bel
  • Profile picture of Gilbert Sicotte
    Gaetan Gilbert Sicotte
  • Profile picture of Serge Thériault
    Lucien Serge Thériault
  • Profile picture of Jean-Pierre Bergeron
    Fernand Jean-Pierre Bergeron

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Keywords

  • parent child relationship