Kid Sentiment

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Kid Sentiment
Directed by Jacques Godbout
Written byJacques Godbout
Ghislaine Godbout
Produced by Clément Perron
StarringAndrée Cousineau
François Guy
Michèle Mercure
Louis Parizeau
Cinematography Thomas Vámos
Edited byJacques Godbout
Production
company
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

Kid Sentiment is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jacques Godbout and released in 1968. [1] Mixing fiction with documentary in the direct cinema style and working with a cast of non-professional actors, [2] the film depicts 1960s youth culture through a narrative fiction story about four teenagers in Quebec City mixed with segments in which Godbout directly interviews the actors about their goals, values and philosophies of life. [3]

The film starred Andrée Cousineau, François Guy, Michèle Mercure and Louis Parizeau, as well as writer Jacques Languirand in a supporting role. Guy and Parizeau were real-life musicians with the Montreal rock band Les Sinners, who provided two songs for the film's soundtrack, while Cousineau and Mercure were go-go dancers Guy and Parizeau knew from the club scene; [3] Mercure was the daughter of actress Monique Mercure.

The film was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Feature Film at the 20th Canadian Film Awards in 1968. [4] Following its Canadian theatrical premiere in 1968, the film was screened in the Director's Fortnight stream at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival. [5]

The film was later released on DVD, with a 1967 episode of the Canadian television variety series Let's Go as a bonus feature.

Parizeau later left the music business and became a private investigator. In 2019, he appeared in the documentary film Head First (Tenir tête) to speak about mental health challenges after having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. [6]

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References

  1. ↑ "Début du tournage du film «Kid sentiment»". Bilan du siècle (Université de Sherbrooke).
  2. ↑ Thomas Carrier-Lafleur and Guillaume Lavoie, «La réflexion médiatique dans Kid Sentimentde Jacques Godbout»,Nouvelles vues. Revue sur les pratiques et les théories du cinéma au Québec, no16, 2015.
  3. 1 2 Wendy Michener, "A film-maker looks at les kids of Quebec". The Globe and Mail , March 30, 1968.
  4. ↑ Wendy Michener, "Dief: Best actor?". The Globe and Mail , May 22, 1968.
  5. ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Les films québécois à Cannes à travers l’histoire". Films du Québec, April 28, 2019.
  6. ↑ Silvia Galipeau, "Tenir tête: bipolaires, fous, mais pas foutus". La Presse , March 21, 2019.


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