''Little Tougas'' () is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Jean-Guy Noël and released in 1976.
[ Gerald Pratley, ''A Century of Canadian Cinema''. Lynx Images, 2003. . p. 128.] 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.
The cast also includes
Louise Forestier,
Jean-Louis Millette,
Guy L'Écuyer and
Gabriel Arcand
Gabriel Arcand (born June 4, 1949) is a Canadian actor. He is the brother of film director Denys Arcand.
Career
After studying philosophy at McGill University, Arcand spent his formative professional years at La Criée in Marseille, France, a ...
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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."
[Carmel Dumas, "Jean-Guy Noël's Ti-Cul Tougas". '' Cinema Canada'', February 1977.]
The film won the
Prix L.-E.-Ouimet-Molson from the
Association québécoise des critiques de cinéma.
["Prix L.E. Ouimet-Molson". '']Ciné-Bulles
''Ciné-Bulles'' is a quarterly French-language film magazine published in Montreal, Quebec
Quebec is Canada's List of Canadian provinces and territories by area, largest province by area. Located in Central Canada, the province shares ...
'', Vol. 4, No. 5, February/March 1985. p. 17.
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1976 films
1976 comedy-drama films
Canadian crime comedy-drama films
Quebec films
Films shot in Quebec
Films set in Quebec
1970s French-language films
French-language Canadian films
1970s Canadian films
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