The films of Pierre Perrault
Tënk invites you on a journey to the heart of Pierre Perrault's filmography on the occasion of the reissue by Lux Éditeur of Toutes Isles and Le mal du Nord, two of his major literary works. As a pioneer of direct cinema who left his mark on our collective imagination, Pierre Perrault was able to show the extraordinary diversity of the ordinary people who populated our territory.
His films in which we finally became subjects and revealed ourselves have covered half a century of history. An exceptional legacy that still allows us today to better understand our world: ourselves, the Other and all the beauty that surrounds us.
Perhaps less well known than his cult film Pour la suite du monde, those three films cross several periods of Perrault's filmography, illustrating the full extent of his poetic approach and identity-related questionning.
The selected films are all specially accompanied by texts written by Mathieu Perrault, son of the filmmaker. We wish you a wonderful excursion through the enlightening paths of Perrault's cinema.
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Winter Crossing at L'Île aux Coudres
Winter Crossing at L'Île aux Coudres
Subscription accessOn 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 know the winter sea and its movements. They judge the ice by its colours, avoiding the open channels, fighting through the slushy fragil ice, catching their footing on the chunk ice, and running all-out across the solid ice to the North Shore.
Wake Up, Mes Bons Amis!
Film essay on the notion of belonging to a country. Is it rooted in the hearts of men and women, as some believe? Do Québécois people have enough maturity to give themselves autonomy and a territory? What is a country? These are some of the questions raised in the film at a time when those known as French Canadians are questioning their identity. The documentary also addresses the question of b...
Icewarrior
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 musk-ox, in anticipation of the great bull's duel for dominance. By the light of late summer, in the hush of expectation of mating behaviour, battle is joined between the furry combatants.
Winter Crossing at L'Île aux Coudres
Winter Crossing at L'Île aux Coudres
Subscription accessOn 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 know the winter sea and its movements. They judge the ice by its colours, avoiding the open channels, fighting through the slushy fragil ice, catching their footing on the chunk ice, and running all-out across the solid ice to the North Shore.
Wake Up, Mes Bons Amis!
Film essay on the notion of belonging to a country. Is it rooted in the hearts of men and women, as some believe? Do Québécois people have enough maturity to give themselves autonomy and a territory? What is a country? These are some of the questions raised in the film at a time when those known as French Canadians are questioning their identity. The documentary also addresses the question of b...
Icewarrior
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 musk-ox, in anticipation of the great bull's duel for dominance. By the light of late summer, in the hush of expectation of mating behaviour, battle is joined between the furry combatants.
