Kid Sentiment

{{short description|1968 Canadian docufiction film}}

{{Infobox film

| name = Kid Sentiment

| image =

| caption = Film poster

| director = Jacques Godbout

| producer = Clément Perron

| writer = Jacques Godbout
Ghislaine Godbout

| starring = Andrée Cousineau
François Guy
Michèle Mercure
Louis Parizeau

| music =

| cinematography = Thomas Vámos

| editing = Jacques Godbout

| studio = National Film Board of Canada

| distributor =

| released = {{Film date|1968}}

| runtime = 87 minutes

| country = Canada

| language = French

| budget =

}}

Kid Sentiment is a Canadian docufiction film, directed by Jacques Godbout and released in 1968.[http://bilan.usherbrooke.ca/bilan/pages/evenements/1895.html "Début du tournage du film «Kid sentiment»"]. Bilan du siècle (Université de Sherbrooke). Mixing fiction with documentary in the direct cinema style and working with a cast of non-professional actors,Thomas Carrier-Lafleur and Guillaume Lavoie, «La réflexion médiatique dans Kid Sentimentde Jacques Godbout»,Nouvelles vues. Revue sur les pratiques et les théories du cinéma au Québec, no16, 2015. 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.Wendy Michener, "A film-maker looks at les kids of Quebec". The Globe and Mail, March 30, 1968.

The film starred Andrée Cousineau, François Guy, Michèle Mercure and Louis Parizeau, as well as writer Jacques Languirand in a supporting role. Guy and Parizeau were real-life musicians with the Montreal rock band Les Sinners, who provided two songs for the film's soundtrack, while Cousineau and Mercure were go-go dancers Guy and Parizeau knew from the club scene; Mercure was the daughter of actress Monique Mercure.

The film was a Canadian Film Award nominee for Best Feature Film at the 20th Canadian Film Awards in 1968.Wendy Michener, "Dief: Best actor?". The Globe and Mail, May 22, 1968. Following its Canadian theatrical premiere in 1968, the film was screened in the Director's Fortnight stream at the 1969 Cannes Film Festival.Charles-Henri Ramond, [https://www.filmsquebec.com/films-quebecois-a-cannes/2/ "Les films québécois à Cannes à travers l’histoire"]. Films du Québec, April 28, 2019.

The film was later released on DVD, with a 1967 episode of the Canadian television variety series Let's Go as a bonus feature.

Parizeau later left the music business and became a private investigator. In 2019, he appeared in the documentary film Head First (Tenir tête) to speak about mental health challenges after having been diagnosed with bipolar disorder.Silvia Galipeau, [https://www.lapresse.ca/cinema/cinema-quebecois/201903/21/01-5219094-tenir-tete-bipolaires-fous-mais-pas-foutus.php "Tenir tête: bipolaires, fous, mais pas foutus"]. La Presse, March 21, 2019.