Beluga Days (1968)

Beluga Days

1968

Documentary

Synopsis

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.

Credits

Director

Bernard Gosselin

Michel Brault

Pierre Perrault

Cast

Alexis Tremblay as Self (uncredited)

Léopold Tremblay as Self (uncredited)

Louis Harvey as Self (uncredited)

Crew

Clorinda Warny (Animation)

Co Hoedeman (Animation)