Pierre Perrault Movies

  • 2006
    The Covenant

    The Covenant

    The Covenant

    5.62006HD

    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...

    The Covenant
  • 1988
    State Park

    State Park

    State Park

    4.41988HD

    A business man plans to dump toxic waste on a state park, but it doesn't go according to plan.

    State Park
  • 1988
    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    The Kiss

    5.71988HD

    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...

    The Kiss
  • 1963
    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men

    7.41963HD

    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...

    Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
  • 1971
    Acadia Acadia?!?

    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...

    Acadia Acadia?!?
  • 1977
    C'était un Québécois en Bretagne, Madame!

    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...

    C'était un Québécois en Bretagne, Madame!
  • 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

    01983HD

    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
  • 1960
    Canadian Diamonds

    Canadian Diamonds

    Canadian Diamonds

    51960HD

    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...

    Canadian Diamonds
  • 1963
    The Land of Jacques Cartier

    The Land of Jacques Cartier

    The Land of Jacques Cartier

    01963HD

    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...

    The Land of Jacques Cartier
  • 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

    61994HD

    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
  • 1982
    The Shimmering Beast

    The Shimmering Beast

    The Shimmering Beast

    6.61982HD

    A documentary film about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec.

    The Shimmering Beast
  • 1960
    Turlutte

    Turlutte

    Turlutte

    01960HD

    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...

    Turlutte
  • 1963
    Whalehead

    Whalehead

    Whalehead

    01963HD

    Shows Tête-à-la-Baleine, Québec, a village with a double life--one on the North Shore mainland during winter months, the other on...

    Whalehead
  • 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
  • 1960
    Winter Crossing at L'Isle-Aux-Coudres

    Winter Crossing at L'Isle-Aux-Coudres

    Winter Crossing at L'Isle-Aux-Coudres

    01960HD

    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...

    Winter Crossing at L'Isle-Aux-Coudres
  • 1980
    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi

    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi

    The Land without Trees or The Mouchouânipi

    6.81980HD

    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
  • 1970
    Un pays sans bon sens!

    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...

    Un pays sans bon sens!
  • 1963
    The Jean Richard

    The Jean Richard

    The Jean Richard

    01963HD

    The building of a goélette, the wooden coastal freighter of the St. Lawrence River. Although ships of steel may replace these sturdy wooden...

    The Jean Richard