''Hunting the Northern Godard'' (french: Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi) is a Canadian drama film, directed by

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and released in 2013. Inspired by influential film director

Jean-Luc Godard Jean-Luc Godard ( , ; ; 3 December 193013 September 2022) was a French-Swiss film director, screenwriter, and film critic. He rose to prominence as a pioneer of the French New Wave film movement of the 1960s, alongside such filmmakers as Fran� ...

's visit to the

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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 (

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), a young woman from

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who becomes drawn into a

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between Paul and her boyfriend Michel (Alexandre Castonguay). The character of Paul was based on

Pierre Harel Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a French form of the name Peter. Pierre originally meant "rock" or "stone" in French (derived from the Greek word πέτρος (''petros'') meaning "stone, rock", via Latin "petra"). It is a translation ...

of Offenbach. Dubreuil's real-life

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band

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, and the film includes narration by playwright

René-Daniel Dubois René-Daniel Dubois, OC (born July 20, 1955, in Montreal) is a Québécois playwright and actor. Biography Movie career He is best known for his 1985 play ''Being at Home with Claude'', which was adapted into an award-winning film in 1992 and th ...

. The film received five

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in 2014, for

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(Marie-Hélène Lavoie), Best Costume Design (

Caroline Bodson Caroline Bodson is a Canadian costume designer. She is a four-time Prix Iris nominee for Best Costume Design, receiving nominations at the 16th Jutra Awards in 2014 for '' Hunting the Northern Godard (Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi)'', the 19th Qu ...

), Best Makeup ( Maïna Militza), Best Hairstyling (Militza) and

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(Yann Cleary and Martin Rouillard)."Jutra nominations light up screen scene; Top Quebecois films include Louis Cyr and Gabrielle". '' Montreal Gazette'', January 28, 2014.

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* 2013 films 2013 drama films Canadian drama films Films set in Abitibi-Témiscamingue Films shot in Quebec French-language Canadian films 2010s Canadian films Jean-Luc Godard {{2010s-Canada-film-stub