Beluga Days

15 mins
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.

Alexis Tremblay

Self (uncredited)

Louis Harvey

Self (uncredited)

Léopold Tremblay

Self (uncredited)

Guy L. Coté

Producer

Alain Dostie

Assistant Camera

Gilles Blais

Assistant Camera

Co Hoedeman

Animation

Pierre Perrault

Director of Photography

Michel Brault

Director of Photography

Bernard Gosselin

Director of Photography

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