Little Tougas

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
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	ACPAV
Release date	October 8, 1976 (1976-10-08)
Running time	84 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	French

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]