Little Tougas (French: Ti-Cul Tougas) is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Jean-Guy Noël and released in 1976.[1] The film stars Claude Maher as Rémi Tougas, a musician who is hiding out in the Magdalen Islands with his girlfriend Odette (Micheline Lanctôt) after stealing his band's payment from a gig; they plan to further escape to California with Odette's friend Gilberte (Suzanne Garceau), but their plans are complicated when Rémi's bandmate Martin (Gilbert Sicotte) arrives to recover the money.[2]

Little Tougas
FrenchTi-Cul Tougas
Directed byJean-Guy Noël
Written byJean-Guy Noël
Produced byRené Gueissaz
Marc Daigle
StarringClaude Maher
Micheline Lanctôt
Suzanne Garceau
Gilbert Sicotte
CinematographyFrançois Beauchemin
Edited byMarthe de la Chevrotière
Music byGeorges Langford
Production
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Release date
  • October 8, 1976 (1976-10-08)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageFrench

The cast also includes Louise Forestier, Jean-Louis Millette, Guy L'Écuyer and Gabriel Arcand.

Carmel Dumas of Cinema Canada praised the film, writing that it demonstrated "that a very good young cinema is hard on the heels of the Carles and the Jutras of Quebec's film community."[3]

The film won the Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma.[4]

References

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  1. ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 128.
  2. ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ti-Cul Tougas – Film de Jean-Guy Noël". Films du Québec, May 16, 2009.
  3. ^ Carmel Dumas, "Jean-Guy Noël's Ti-Cul Tougas". Cinema Canada, February 1977.
  4. ^ "Prix L.E. Ouimet-Molson". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 4, No. 5, February/March 1985. p. 17.
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