Pierre Perrault Movies
- 1963
The Jean Richard
The Jean Richard01963HD
The building of a goélette, the wooden coastal freighter of the St. Lawrence River. Although ships of steel may replace these sturdy wooden...
- 1968
Beluga Days
Beluga Days61968HD
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...
- 1986
Dream Tracks
Dream Tracks61986HD
From the gardens of Versailles to the Île-aux-Coudres, this documentary feature tells the story of Pierre Perrault's exceptional cinematic...
- 1960
On the Sea
On the Sea01960HD
Three communities at the foot of the Charlevoix cliffs, Petite-Rivière, île-aux-Coudres and Les Éboulements, practise the myriad...
- 1960
Ka Ke Ki Ku
Ka Ke Ki Ku01960HD
This early work from Pierre Perrault, made in collaboration with René Bonnière, chronicles summer activities in the Innu communities of...
- 1994
Cornouailles
Cornouailles01994HD
- 1960
Canadian Diamonds
Canadian Diamonds51960HD
When Cartier wintered at Cap Rouge near Québec City in 1641, he claimed to have detected diamonds in the surrounding hills. Was he so very...
- 1957
Craftsmen of Canada
Craftsmen of Canada01957HD
Man's need to create beauty, to interpret the world around him in image and color, has found expression in many forms, from the days of primitive...
- 1960
Turlutte
Turlutte01960HD
In a valley on the North Shore of the St. Lawrence, the seasons unfold with their chores and pleasures: children gathering roses for honey, an old...
- 1982
The Shimmering Beast
The Shimmering Beast6.71982HD
A documentary film about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec.
- 1960
White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques
White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques01960HD
On the North Shore of the St. Lawrence, the Otis family hunts for white whales and seals with rusty old rifles in hand-crafted boats. This is the...
- 1963
Winter Sealing at La Tabatière
Winter Sealing at La Tabatière01963HD
Life in a north-shore village where everybody's name is Robertson and where everyone hunts for seal. In December the seals come in great herds from...
- 1975
A Kingdom Awaits You
A Kingdom Awaits You61975HD
Feature documentary on the agricultural Abitibi. This film is a real plea for the earth and for a more human kind of life in the face of a society...
- 1960
Winter Crossing at L'Isle-Aux-Coudres
Winter Crossing at L'Isle-Aux-Coudres01960HD
On an island the road ends where it begins, at the wharf. The wharf is the link to the rest of the world, until winter cuts it off. But the islanders...
- 1977
15 Nov
15 Nov51977HD
A look at November 15, 1976, the date the Parti Québécois seized power in the provincial elections, a victory that gave rise to an...
- 1985
The Great Obsession
The Great Obsession01985HD
This documentary produced for TV follows a project consisting in remaking the journey of discoveries in the footsteps of Cartier's book. Sailors,...
- 1977
The Taste for Flour
The Taste for Flour61977HD
This documentary is about the Montagnais from Saint-Augustin et de La Romaine Indian reserve, in the region of the Côte-Nord in Quebec....
- 1980
La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980
La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 198001980HD
- 1993
Ougmigmag or The Fickle Art of Documentary Filmmaking
Ougmigmag or The Fickle Art of Documentary Filmmaking61993HD
From the bottom of the Baie aux Feuilles, itself in the hollow of Ungava bay, at the summer solstice, a filmmaker is on the lookout. His camera scans...