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- ↑ 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.
- 1 2 Wendy Michener, "A film-maker looks at les kids of Quebec". The Globe and Mail , March 30, 1968.
- ↑ Wendy Michener, "Dief: Best actor?". The Globe and Mail , May 22, 1968.
- ↑ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Les films québécois à Cannes à travers l’histoire". Films du Québec, April 28, 2019.
- ↑ Silvia Galipeau, "Tenir tête: bipolaires, fous, mais pas foutus". La Presse , March 21, 2019.
