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Whalehead

Name: Whalehead
Duration: 29 min

René Bonnière & Pierre Perrault

1963 | 29 min

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Shows Tête-à-la-Baleine, Québec, a village with a double life--one on the North Shore mainland during winter months, the other on mossy islands of the Gulf to which the entire population moves for summer fishing.

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Credits

director

René Bonnière

Pierre Perrault
text

Pierre Perrault
English text

Judith Crawley
photography

Michel Thomas-d'Hoste
sound

Tony Betts

David Howells
sound editing

John Knight
narrator

Lloyd Bochner

Donald David
music

Larry Crosley

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