Beluga Days
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.
Top Billed Cast
Featured Crew
Bernard Gosselin
Director
Pierre Perrault
Director
Michel Brault
Director
Jacques Bobet
Producer
Claude Pelletier
Sound
Serge Beauchemin
Sound
Jacques Jarry
Sound
Guy L. Coté
Producer
Raymond Gagnon
Music
Clorinda Warny
Animation
Michel Brault
Director of Photography
Jean-Baptiste Gagnon
Music