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.Charles-Henri Ramond, "Ti-Cul Tougas – Film de Jean-Guy Noël". Films du Québec, May 16, 2009.
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."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, Vol. 4, No. 5, February/March 1985. p. 17.
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