Beluga Days (1968) Timeline Explained – Every Event in Order

Release, runtime and language

1968 · 15 mins · French

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Directed by

Michel Brault, Pierre Perrault

Starring

Alexis Tremblay, Louis Harvey, Léopold Tremblay

On the lower St. Lawrence, the film shows a beluga whale hunt like a round‑up, with a corral and whale‑boys. In 1534 Jacques Cartier visited l’Île‑aux‑Coudres and saw Indigenous people catch belugas by driving a fence of saplings into mud at low tide. Islanders still use this ancient method, aided by trusting “sea‑pigs,” the tide and a touch of magic.