Pour la Suite du Monde

Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault

Perrault and Brault’s seminal work of ethnofiction follows the inhabitants of Île-aux-Coudres as they renew their centuries-old tradition of trapping beluga whales.

DIRECTOR
Pierre Perrault and Michel Brault
YEAR
1964
COUNTRY
Canada
RUNTIME
105 minutes
LANGUAGE
French with English subtitles

Perrault and Brault’s seminal work of ethnofiction follows the inhabitants of Île-aux-Coudres (a small island in the St. Lawrence River) as they renew their centuries-old tradition of trapping beluga whales, a direct consequence of the filmmakers’ encounter with this venerable fishing community. A panoramic documentary capturing the islanders’ lives, rituals, and legends, Pour la suite du monde endures as one of cinema verité’s earliest high-water marks, one that self-consciously problematizes the distinction between the observer and the observed.

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