Of Whales, the Moon, and Men (1963)
Pour la suite du monde
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.
- Date of release
- 1963-08-04
- TMDB
- 7.5 / 10 (19)
- Runtime
- 1h 46m
- Genres
- Documentary
- Director
- Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault, Marcel Carrière
Casting
- 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)
Interesting facts
- Filmed in: Île aux Coudres
Pour la suite du monde is a 1963 Canadian documentary film produced by the National Film Board of Canada and directed by Michel Brault, Marcel Carrière and Pierre Perrault. It is the first of Perrault's Isle-aux-Coudres Trilogy, followed by The Times That Are in 1967, and The River Schooners in 1968.
Production
The film was shot in L'Isle-aux-Coudres and New York between 1961 and 1962, on a budget of $80,000 (equivalent to $826,164 in 2025).
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