Hunting the Northern Godard
{{Infobox film
| name = Hunting the Northern Godard
| native_name = {{Infobox name module|fr|Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi}}
| image = Hunting the Northern Godard poster.jpg
| caption = Film poster
| director = Éric Morin
| producer = David Pierrat
| writer = Éric Morin
| starring = Martin Dubreuil
Sophie Desmarais
Alexandre Castonguay
| cinematography = Louis-Philippe Blain
| editing = Jonathan Tremblay
| music =
| released = {{Film date|2013|09|30|Hamburg}}
| studio = Parce Que Films
| distributor =
| runtime = 111 minutes
| country = Canada
| language = French
}}
Hunting the Northern Godard ({{langx|fr|Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi}}) is a Canadian drama film, directed by Éric Morin and released in 2013.Brendan Kelly, "Chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi; Eric Morin is making his own new waves". Montreal Gazette, November 1, 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).Helen Faradji, [https://ici.radio-canada.ca/tele/cinema/blogue/1028876/le-tresor-dici-tou-tv-la-chasse-au-godard-dabbittibbi-eric-morin "Le trésor d’ICI TOU.TV : La chasse au Godard d’Abbittibbi"]. Ici Radio-Canada, April 19, 2017.
The character of Paul was based on Pierre Harel of Offenbach.Éric Moreault, [https://www.lesoleil.com/archives/la-chasse-au-godard-dabbittibbi-vivre-sa-vie-04b2b20c7b87abc62c4cea211db509bd "La chasse au Godard d'Abbittibbi: vivre sa vie"]. Le Soleil, November 2, 2013.
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)."Jutra nominations light up screen scene; Top Quebecois films include Louis Cyr and Gabrielle". Montreal Gazette, January 28, 2014.
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