Pierre Perrault Movies

  • 1971
    Acadia Acadia?!?

    Acadia Acadia?!?

    Acadia Acadia?!?

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    In the late 1960s, with the triumph of bilingualism and biculturalism, New Brunswick's Université de Moncton became the setting for the...

    Acadia Acadia?!?
  • 1970
    Un pays sans bon sens!

    Un pays sans bon sens!

    Un pays sans bon sens!

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    Essay-film on a crucial issue: the notion of belonging to a country. Lingered sentimentalism or deep psychological reality if one believes it is...

    Un pays sans bon sens!
  • 1986
    Dream Tracks

    Dream Tracks

    Dream Tracks

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    From the gardens of Versailles to the Île-aux-Coudres, this documentary feature tells the story of Pierre Perrault's exceptional cinematic...

    Dream Tracks
  • 1960
    Soirée at St. Hilarion

    Soirée at St. Hilarion

    Soirée at St. Hilarion

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    A virtual prisoner of the winter snows that block its roads, the village of St.Hilarion, to justify its name, revels in the joys of the jig and the...

    Soirée at St. Hilarion
  • 1973
    Tickets s.v.p

    Tickets s.v.p

    Tickets s.v.p

    01973HD

    An incident from the early days of Québec's quiet revolution, tailor-made for the cartoonist. It is the story of a Montréal commuter...

    Tickets s.v.p
  • 1994
    Icewarrior

    Icewarrior

    Icewarrior

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    Not far from the North Pole on Ellesmere Island, for one hundred and twenty days, a watchful camera stalks a beast of fleece and hoof, the ancient...

    Icewarrior
  • 1963
    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

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    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...

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
  • 1960
    White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques

    White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques

    White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques

    01960HD

    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...

    White-Whale Hunters of Anse-Aux-Basques
  • 1976
    Back to the Land

    Back to the Land

    Back to the Land

    01976HD

    Feature-length documentary as part of Pierre Perrault's Abitibian Cycle. The filmmaker questions the past and present of Abitibi and draws up, face...

    Back to the Land
  • 1983
    Sails Lowered and Safe Harbour

    Sails Lowered and Safe Harbour

    Sails Lowered and Safe Harbour

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    Pierre Perrault takes Stéphane-Albert Boulais (from 'The Bright Beast', one of his films) to discover Saint-Malo and Jacques Cartier, in...

    Sails Lowered and Safe Harbour
  • 1968
    The River Schooners

    The River Schooners

    The River Schooners

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    The people of Ile-aux-Coudres talk of their fading tradition of constructing boats to ride the seas.

    The River Schooners
  • 1977
    The Taste for Flour

    The Taste for Flour

    The Taste for Flour

    61977HD

    This documentary is about the Montagnais from Saint-Augustin et de La Romaine Indian reserve, in the region of the Côte-Nord in Quebec....

    The Taste for Flour
  • 1980
    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi

    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi

    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi

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    It is a documentary joining 3 periods of filming in the Mouchouanipi, which is a faraway land in the North of eastern Canada.

    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi
  • 1980
    La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980

    La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980

    La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980

    01980HD

    La Nuit de la poésie 28 mars 1980
  • 1975
    A Kingdom Awaits You

    A Kingdom Awaits You

    A Kingdom Awaits You

    61975HD

    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...

    A Kingdom Awaits You
  • 1993
    Ougmigmag or The Fickle Art of Documentary Filmmaking

    Ougmigmag or The Fickle Art of Documentary Filmmaking

    Ougmigmag or The Fickle Art of Documentary Filmmaking

    61993HD

    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...

    Ougmigmag or The Fickle Art of Documentary Filmmaking
  • 1994
    Cornouailles

    Cornouailles

    Cornouailles

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    Cornouailles
  • 1980
    People of Abitibi

    People of Abitibi

    People of Abitibi

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    After 'A kingdom awaits you' and 'The return to the earth', the filmmaker Pierre Perrault concludes, with this documentary feature, his plea for the...

    People of Abitibi
  • 1985
    The Great Obsession

    The Great Obsession

    The Great Obsession

    01985HD

    This documentary produced for TV follows a project consisting in remaking the journey of discoveries in the footsteps of Cartier's book. Sailors,...

    The Great Obsession