Kid Sentiment (1968)
Between fiction and documentary, Jacques Godbout's feature film takes a critical look at the Quebecois youth of the 1960s. Kid Sentiment, it is the adolescent who says no to tenderness because it is embarrassing. On the theme of amorous initiation, the camera becomes a witness of this lucid youth, funny, friendly to noise and eccentricity. Made with the participation of two members of the yeye singers group, the Sinners.
- Date of release
- 1968-03-28
- TMDB
- 5.8 / 10 (5)
- Runtime
- 1h 27m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Jacques Godbout
Casting
- Andrée Cousineau
- François Guy
- Jacques Languirand
- Michèle Mercure
- Louis Parizeau
- François Jasmin
- André Belleau — (voice)
Interesting facts
Kid Sentiment is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jacques Godbout and released in 1968. Mixing fiction with documentary in the direct cinema style and working with a cast of non-professional actors, 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.
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