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Beluga Days (1968)
Directed by Bernard Gosselin, Pierre Perrault, Michel Brault
Documentary · 15m
From the lower St. Lawrence, a picture of whale hunting that looks more like a round-up, with a corral, whale-boys and all. In 1534, when he stopped at the island he named l'Île-aux-Coudres, Jacques Cartier saw how the Indians captured the little white beluga whales by setting a fence of saplings into off-shore mud. In the film, the islanders show that the old method still works, thanks to the trusting 'sea-pigs,' the same old tide, and a little magic.
Cast
Crew
- Director
- Bernard Gosselin, Pierre Perrault, Michel Brault
- Director of Photography
- Michel Brault, Bernard Gosselin, Pierre Perrault
- Producer
- Jacques Bobet, Guy L. Coté
Details
- Original title
- Le beau plaisir
- Release date
- 1968-01-01
- Runtime
- 15m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Original language
- FR
- Spoken languages
- French
- Countries
- Canada
- Production
- ONF | NFB