Little Chenier is a 2006 film written by Jace Johnson and Bethany Ashton, and directed by Ashton. It is set in the bayous of Louisiana, and stars Johnathon Schaech, Frederick Koehler, Tamara Braun, Jeremy Davidson, Clifton Collins Jr., & Chris Mulkey. The film completed production in 2006 but had difficulty finding a distributor despite glowing reviews from a number of film festivals. It premiered at the Austin Film Festival on October 20, 2006 and was released January 18, 2008. Radio London Films released it on DVD on July 8, 2008. Two brothers are victimized by a weak and jealous man in... this drama shot on location in Louisiana. Beauxregard 'Beaux' Dupuis lives in the swamps of Cajun country on a small stretch of land called Little Chenier with his younger mentally-handicapped brother, Pemon . Beaux supports them both by running a bait shop. Beaux is in love with Mary-Louise , who has left him to elope with the son of the sheriff, Carl. Neither Carl nor Beaux are fond of each other. Carl also enjoys tormenting Pemon. It is revealed that Mary-Louise left Beaux for Carl when Carl threatened to take her family's property away.
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| Release date: | 2006 |
| Directed by: | Bethany Ashton Wolf |
| Rated: |  |
| Runtime: | 120 Minutes |
| Producer: | Clifton Collins, Jr. |
| Estimated budget: | $6,000,000 |