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.

Genre:

Documentary

Duration:

15 min

Cast:

Alexis Tremblay, Louis Harvey, Léopold Tremblay

Quality:

HD

Director:

Michel Brault, Bernard Gosselin, Pierre Perrault

Release:

1968

Country:

Canada

Rating:

8.0