Pierre Perrault Movies
- 2006
The Covenant
The Covenant5.62006HD
Four young men who belong to a supernatural legacy are forced to battle a fifth power long thought to have died out. Another great force they must...
- 1988
State Park
State Park4.41988HD
A business man plans to dump toxic waste on a state park, but it doesn't go according to plan.
- 1988
The Kiss
The Kiss5.71988HD
After the death of her mother, a teenage girl is faced with bizarre supernatural occurrences when her mother's estranged sister arrives and begins to...
- 1963
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men7.41963HD
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...
- 1971
Acadia Acadia?!?
Acadia Acadia?!?6.71971HD
In the late 1960s, with the triumph of bilingualism and biculturalism, New Brunswick's Université de Moncton became the setting for the...
- 1977
C'était un Québécois en Bretagne, Madame!
C'était un Québécois en Bretagne, Madame!61977HD
Feature-length documentary on Hauris Lalancette, a Quebecer from Abitibi, who travels and draws surprising parallels between two corners of the...
- 1976
Back to the Land
Back to the Land01976HD
Feature-length documentary as part of Pierre Perrault's Abitibian Cycle. The filmmaker questions the past and present of Abitibi and draws up, face...
- 1983
Sails Lowered and Safe Harbour
Sails Lowered and Safe Harbour01983HD
Pierre Perrault takes Stéphane-Albert Boulais (from 'The Bright Beast', one of his films) to discover Saint-Malo and Jacques Cartier, in...
- 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...
- 1963
The Land of Jacques Cartier
The Land of Jacques Cartier01963HD
Did Cartier dream of making a country from this land of a million birds? In his records of his exploration he certainly marvelled at seeing the great...
- 1973
Tickets s.v.p
Tickets s.v.p01973HD
An incident from the early days of Québec's quiet revolution, tailor-made for the cartoonist. It is the story of a Montréal commuter...
- 1994
Icewarrior
Icewarrior61994HD
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...
- 1982
The Shimmering Beast
The Shimmering Beast6.61982HD
A documentary film about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec.
- 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...
- 1963
Whalehead
Whalehead01963HD
Shows Tête-à-la-Baleine, Québec, a village with a double life--one on the North Shore mainland during winter months, the other on...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 1980
The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi
The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi6.81980HD
It is a documentary joining 3 periods of filming in the Mouchouanipi, which is a faraway land in the North of eastern Canada.
- 1970
Un pays sans bon sens!
Un pays sans bon sens!7.41970HD
Essay-film on a crucial issue: the notion of belonging to a country. Lingered sentimentalism or deep psychological reality if one believes it is...
- 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...