1968
6.0 (1 votes)
0h 15m
Genres
Documentary
Production Companies
ONF | NFB
Beluga Days (Le beau plaisir)
Overview
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.
Key Crew
Director: Michel Brault, Bernard Gosselin, Pierre Perrault
Producer: Jacques Bobet, Guy L. Coté
Director of Photography: Michel Brault, Bernard Gosselin, Pierre Perrault
