Les Hommes de la baleine
Synopsis
In a small fishermen's village in the Azores, an enormous whale is being jointed, carved and stocked. Once this task is over, the whalers ready themselves for another hunt, a fascinating but trying and dangerous experience...
Credits
Director (1)
Production and distribution (2)
- Executive Producers : Argos Films, Les Films Armorial
- Film exports/foreign sales : Tamasa Distribution, Cité Films
Full credits (6)
- Executive Producer : Anatole Dauman
- Directors of Photography : Mario Ruspoli, Jacques Soulaire
- Editors : Jasmine Chasney, Henri Colpi
- Sound Recordist : Gilbert Rouget
- Narration Writer : Chris Marker
- Narrator : Gilles Quéant
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Technical details
- Type : Short film
- Genres : Documentary
- Themes : Ocean
- Production language : French
- Production country : France
- Original French-language productions : Unspecified
- Production year : 1956
- Runtime : 28 min
- Visa number : 21432
- Visa issue date : 29/10/1958
- Production formats : 16mm
- Color type : Color
- Aspect ratio : 1.37
- Audio format : Mono
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“A documentary of extraordinary importance, the film reveals that in some of the Azores islands sperm whales are hunted just like in the good old days of Moby Dick. Featuring an excellent commentary by Jacopo Berenizi, free enough to make highly instructive digressions without breaking the rhythm of the images…”
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