Fresh
Where writer-director Bethany Ashton really excels is in capturing the complex dynamics of small-town life.
Ernest Hardy, L.A. Weekly
Overview
LITTLE CHENIER: A CAJUN STORY is the story of a young man who lives a simple life on a houseboat in the Louisiana bayou with his mentally handicapped brother until one is accused of a crime in the small town.
Director and cast
- Johnathon Schaech as Beauxregard "Beaux" Dupuis
- Frederick Koehler as Pemon Dupuis
- Tamara Braun as Marie-Louise LeBauve
- Jeremy Davidson as Carl Lebauve
- Clifton Collins Jr. as T-Boy Trahan
- Chris Mulkey as Sheriff Kline Lebauve
- Fiona Dourif as Jo Jo
- Michael McHale as Larry Eagle
- Amy Brassette as Nadine
- David Born as Oggie
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Rotten
Men are men, and women are no end of sorry in Little Chenier, a steamy saga of jealousy and revenge set on a waterlogged spit of Louisiana land.
Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times
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