Jacques Bobet Movies
- 1988
Tadpole and the Whale
Tadpole and the Whale5.71988HD
The adventures of Elvira, a 12-year-old girl obsessed with the sea who develops the ability to breathe underwater. Elvira and her dolphin friend...
- 1977
Games of the XXI Olympiad
Games of the XXI Olympiad4.81977HD
Edited from almost 100 km of film footage shot during the Games, this feature documentary is a breathtaking portrait of the 1976 Montreal Olympics....
- 1965
The Merry World of Leopold Z
The Merry World of Leopold Z6.71965HD
On Christmas Eve, snowplow driver Leo races to clear the streets of Montreal and complete his holiday shopping in time for midnight Mass. The feature...
- 1958
Islands of the Frozen Sea
Islands of the Frozen Sea01958HD
This short documentary offers a look at the life forms on the Queen Elizabeth Islands within the Arctic Circle. Even in this frigid zone of icebergs...
- 1961
Wrestling
Wrestling6.41961HD
A candid-camera view of professional wrestling as seen in the Montréal Forum, where some of the biggest bouts are staged, and in back-street...
- 1967
Between Sweet and Salt Water
Between Sweet and Salt Water5.61967HD
A young singer-songwriter abandons his life in his hometown and moves to the city to make it big. He achieves fame, but it comes at a price.
- 1979
The Great Blue Heron
The Great Blue Heron01979HD
This film documents the yearly cycle of the great blue heron, its migration from Central America and the West Indies to the St. Lawrence River in...
- 1973
Trois fois passera
Trois fois passera01973HD
The story, in three stages, of a friendship between three guys. They have taken different paths, but find themselves equally faced with the failure...
- 1967
The Times That Are
The Times That Are6.41967HD
Four years after Pour la suite du monde (1963), director Pierre Perrault asks Alexis Tremblay if he'll agree to travel with his wife Marie to the...
- 1949
Across Arctic Ungava
Across Arctic Ungava81949HD
This documentary follows four scientists and their Native guides into the unmapped wilderness of the Ungava Peninsula, in northern Quebec. Crossing...
- 1982
The Shimmering Beast
The Shimmering Beast6.71982HD
A documentary film about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec.
- 1964
The Cat in the Bag
The Cat in the Bag6.11964HD
A young journalist is unhappy with society and contemplates what he can do about it.
- 1963
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer
30 Minutes, Mister Plummer01963HD
This film profiles Canadian actor Christopher Plummer of the Shakespearean Theatre, Stratford, Ontario. As the minutes tick by, cameras register the...
- 1964
Such a Simple Game
Such a Simple Game01964HD
This short 1964 documentary depicts the national sport of French Canadians: hockey. Seen "from the inside" this seemingly simple game turns out to be...
- 1963
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men7.4331963HD
At the instigation of the filmmakers, the young men of the Ile-aux-Coudres in the middle of the St-Lawrence River try as a memorial to their...
- 1964
La Fin des étés
La Fin des étés01964HD
In this short fiction film, Marie has been living in the midst of a nightmare since the accident of Bernard, her brother. Clinging excessively to...
- 1963
The Rink
The Rink71963HD
This short, silent film captures a Sunday afternoon at a community skating rink. Iconic Quebec director Gilles Carle has the camera follow toddlers...
- 1974
« Les Oreilles » mène l'enquête
« Les Oreilles » mène l'enquête71974HD
Short fictional film recounting the adventures of a gang of young boys with more than one trick up their sleeve. Together, they plan bad things to...
- 1968
The River Schooners
The River Schooners6.21968HD
The people of Ile-aux-Coudres talk of their fading tradition of constructing boats to ride the seas.
- 1965
60 Cycles
60 Cycles6.51965HD
On your marks. Follow cyclists from 13 countries as they cover 2.400 km of Gaspé countryside in 12 days-a course longer than those of Italy,...