Good Riddance (1980)

Les Bons Débarras A 13-year-old girl in an isolated corner of rural Quebec wants her mother entirely to herself, and she will wreck anything that gets in the way. Charlotte Laurier plays Manon with a cold, clever stare that makes her both frightening and heartbreaking, opposite Marie Tifo as the worn-out mother running a small firewood business. The script is by the novelist Réjean Ducharme, and you can hear it in the dialogue, which is blunt, poetic and very Québécois. Of all the family dramas here, this one has the sharpest teeth, and it won eight Genie Awards, including best film.