Film

Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

7.519631h 46mDocumentary

Director: Michel Brault
Year: 1963

At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their ancestors to revive the fishing of the belugas interrupted in 1924.

Top cast

Léopold Tremblay

Merchant and President of the New Beluga Fishing Co.

Alexis Tremblay

Farmer and Politician

Abel Harvey

Captain and Fishing Master

Louis Harvey

Farmer and Church Cantor

Joachim Harvey

Captain of the North Island

Stanley Jackson

Narrator

Marie Tremblay

Self (uncredited)

Directed by

Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault

Written by

Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault

Produced by

Jacques Bobet