Little Tougas
| Little Tougas | |
|---|---|
| French | Ti-Cul Tougas |
| Directed by | Jean-Guy Noël |
| Written by | Jean-Guy Noël |
| Produced by | René Gueissaz Marc Daigle |
| Starring | Claude Maher Micheline Lanctôt Suzanne Garceau Gilbert Sicotte |
| Cinematography | François Beauchemin |
| Edited by | Marthe de la Chevrotière |
| Music by | Georges Langford |
Production company | |
Release date |
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Running time | 84 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | French |
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]
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 .[4]
References[]
- ^ Gerald Pratley, A Century of Canadian Cinema. Lynx Images, 2003. ISBN 1-894073-21-5. p. 128.
- ^ Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ti-Cul Tougas – Film de Jean-Guy Noël". Films du Québec, May 16, 2009.
- ^ Carmel Dumas, "Jean-Guy Noël's Ti-Cul Tougas". Cinema Canada, February 1977.
- ^ "Prix L.E. Ouimet-Molson". Ciné-Bulles, Vol. 4, No. 5, February/March 1985. p. 17.
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