Beluga Days

Story

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.

Directors

Pierre Perrault, Michel Brault, Bernard Gosselin

Language

French

Country

Canada

Release date

1 January 1968

Ensemble

Cast

• Alexis Tremblay

  Self (uncredited)

• Louis Harvey

  Self (uncredited)

• Léopold Tremblay

  Self (uncredited)