''Little Brother'' (french: Petit frère) is a Canadian short comedy film, directed by

Rémi St-Michel Rémi St-Michel is a Canadian film director from Quebec. He is most noted for his short films '' Little Brother (Petit frère)'', which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015, ...

and released in 2014. The film stars

Étienne Galloy Étienne Galloy is a Canadian actor and filmmaker from Quebec. He is most noted for his performance as Stefie in the 2016 film ''Prank'', for which he received a Prix Iris nomination for Revelation of the Year at the 19th Quebec Cinema Awards in 2 ...

as Antoine, a troubled teenager who is spending the day having fun around the city with his

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Julian ( Éric K. Boulianne) before the latter's departure for Russia. The film premiered at the

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, in the

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stream. It later won the Audience Choice award for best short film at the 2014

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. The film was a

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nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the

3rd Canadian Screen Awards The 3rd Canadian Screen Awards were held on March 1, 2015, to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and digital media production in 2014.Before We Explode ''Before We Explode'' (french: Avant qu'on explose) is a Canadian sex comedy film, directed by Rémi St-Michel and released in 2019. The film stars Étienne Galloy as Pier-Luc, a teenager who fears that the diplomatic war of words between Donal ...

(Avant qu'on explose)'', which addressed some similar themes but was not intended as a literal sequel to ''Little Brother''. In 2021 Saint-Michel released the short film ''Big Brother (Grand frère)'', in which Antoine and Julian reunited several years later after Julian's return from Russia, only to learn that their relationship with each other had changed."Travelling : Cinq courts métrages québécois en première mondiale au FNC"
''L'Initiative'', October 9, 2021.

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