Hunting the Northern Godard
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| French | Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi |
| Directed by | Éric Morin |
| Written by | Éric Morin |
| Produced by | David Pierrat |
| Starring | Martin Dubreuil Sophie Desmarais Alexandre Castonguay |
| Cinematography | Louis-Philippe Blain |
| Edited by | Jonathan Tremblay |
Production company | Parce Que Films |
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Running time | 111 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
Hunting the Northern Godard (French: Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Éric Morin and released in 2013. Inspired by influential film director Jean-Luc Godard's visit to the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region of Quebec in 1968, the film centres on the developing relationship between Paul (Martin Dubreuil), a musician from Montreal who accompanied Godard on the trip, and Marie (Sophie Desmarais), a young woman from Rouyn-Noranda who becomes drawn into a love triangle between Paul and her boyfriend Michel (Alexandre Castonguay).
The character of Paul was based on Pierre Harel of Offenbach.
Dubreuil's real-life garage rock band Les Breastfeeders appear in the film as Paul's band Les Tragédiens. Godard himself is a minor character in the film, portrayed by musician Jean-Philippe Goncalves, and the film includes narration by playwright René-Daniel Dubois.
The film received five Jutra Award nominations at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014, for Best Art Direction (Marie-Hélène Lavoie), Best Costume Design (Caroline Bodson), Best Makeup (Maïna Militza), Best Hairstyling (Militza) and Best Sound (Yann Cleary and Martin Rouillard).