Jacques Bobet Movies
- 1965
The Merry World of Leopold Z
The Merry World of Leopold Z6.61965HD
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...
- 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.
- 1984
Mario
Mario51984HD
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...
- 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...
- 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
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.
- 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....
- 1963
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men
Of Whales, the Moon, and Men7.41963HD
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...
- 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.
- 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...
- 1981
Cries from the Deep
Cries from the Deep01981HD
This documentary records the journey undertaken by Jacques Cousteau, his 24-member team, and an NFB film crew to explore the Grand Banks of...
- 1974
Pris au collet
Pris au collet01974HD
Short fiction film from the "Toulmonde parle français" series, telling the amusing story of a man who gets caught at his own game after...
- 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...
- 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...
- 1982
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea
St. Lawrence: Stairway to the Sea01982HD
In this spectacular feature-length documentary, oceanographer Jacques Cousteau and an NFB crew sail up the St. Lawrence River to the Great Lakes on...
- 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...
- 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...
- 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,...
- 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...
- 1978
26 Times in a Row
26 Times in a Row01978HD
This short documentary revisits the 1976 Olympic Marathon. A modern-day addition to the Games, the marathon commemorates the soldier who ran...