Jacques Bobet Movies

  • 1965
    The Merry World of Leopold Z

    The Merry World of Leopold Z

    The Merry World of Leopold Z

    6.61965HD

    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...

    The Merry World of Leopold Z
  • 1963
    The Rink

    The Rink

    The Rink

    71963HD

    This short, silent film captures a Sunday afternoon at a community skating rink. Iconic Quebec director Gilles Carle has the camera follow toddlers...

    The Rink
  • 1952
    Winter Week-end

    Winter Week-end

    Winter Week-end

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    A short comedy about a group of skiers who end up spending their skiing weekend in the Gatineaus enjoying themselves despite their mishaps--but never...

    Winter Week-end
  • 1982
    The Shimmering Beast

    The Shimmering Beast

    The Shimmering Beast

    6.71982HD

    A documentary film about a group of hunters who gather annually to hunt moose near Maniwaki, Quebec.

    The Shimmering Beast
  • 1958
    Islands of the Frozen Sea

    Islands of the Frozen Sea

    Islands of the Frozen Sea

    01958HD

    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...

    Islands of the Frozen Sea
  • 1981
    Cries from the Deep

    Cries from the Deep

    Cries from the Deep

    01981HD

    This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and an NFB film crew to explore the Grand Banks of...

    Cries from the Deep
  • 1982
    St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea

    St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea

    St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea

    01982HD

    In this spectacular feature-length documentary, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and an NFB crew sail up the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes on...

    St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
  • 1967
    The Times That Are

    The Times That Are

    The Times That Are

    6.41967HD

    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...

    The Times That Are
  • 1988
    Tadpole and the Whale

    Tadpole and the Whale

    Tadpole and the Whale

    5.71988HD

    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...

    Tadpole and the Whale
  • 1977
    Games of the XXI Olympiad

    Games of the XXI Olympiad

    Games of the XXI Olympiad

    4.81977HD

    Edited from almost 100 km of film footage shot during the Games, this feature documentary is a breathtaking portrait of the 1976 Montreal Olympics....

    Games of the XXI Olympiad
  • 1968
    Beluga Days

    Beluga Days

    Beluga Days

    61968HD

    From the lower St. Lawrence, a picture of whale hunting that looks more like a round-up, with a corral, whale-boys and all. In 1534, when he stopped...

    Beluga Days
  • 1978
    L'âge de la machine

    L'âge de la machine

    L'âge de la machine

    01978HD

    A young police officer goes through Abitibi to take a train with a young convict who escaped from her orphanage.

    L'âge de la machine
  • 1964
    Such a Simple Game

    Such a Simple Game

    Such a Simple Game

    01964HD

    This short 1964 documentary depicts the national sport of French Canadians: hockey. Seen "from the inside" this seemingly simple game turns out to be...

    Such a Simple Game
  • 1961
    Wrestling

    Wrestling

    Wrestling

    6.41961HD

    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...

    Wrestling
  • 1980
    Cycling: Still the Greatest

    Cycling: Still the Greatest

    Cycling: Still the Greatest

    01980HD

    This short documentary is an ode to the thrills and excitement of cycling. Including highlights from the 1976 Olympics and the 1978 Commonwealth...

    Cycling: Still the Greatest
  • 1973
    Trois fois passera

    Trois fois passera

    Trois fois passera

    01973HD

    The story, in three stages, of a friendship between three guys. They have taken different paths, but find themselves equally faced with the failure...

    Trois fois passera
  • 1965
    60 Cycles

    60 Cycles

    60 Cycles

    6.51965HD

    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,...

    60 Cycles
  • 1984
    Mario

    Mario

    Mario

    51984HD

    Set during summer in the Îles-de-la-Madeleine of Quebec, Mario and Simon are two brothers living in a fishing village with their mother, who...

    Mario
  • 1968
    The River Schooners

    The River Schooners

    The River Schooners

    6.21968HD

    The people of Ile-aux-Coudres talk of their fading tradition of constructing boats to ride the seas.

    The River Schooners
  • 1962
    Algérie 1962: Chronique d'un conflit

    Algérie 1962: Chronique d'un conflit

    Algérie 1962: Chronique d'un conflit

    01962HD

    Algérie 1962: Chronique d'un conflit