Le Beau plaisir

  • Michel Brault
  • 1969
  • Canada
  • 15 minutes
  • French
  • DR
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The inhabitants of the Ile-aux-Coudres know better than anyone how to hunt porpoises. With consummate art, they stick willow stakes into the muddy bottom and set a heart shaped trap. The porpoise plunges in along the poles, tries to escape at the bottom of one of the boats. This documentary invites us to share in the fine pleasure of capturing a porpoise with the inhabitants of the Ile-aux-Coudres.

  • Production : ONF Office National du Film du Canada
  • Distribution : ONF Office National du Film du Canada
  • Sound : Serge Beauchemin; Claude Pelletier; Sydney Pearson
  • Photography : Michel Brault; Bernard Gosselin

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