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Tadpole and the Whale is a canadien film of genre Adventure directed by Jean-Claude Lord with Denis Forest

Tadpole and the Whale (1988)

Tadpole and the Whale
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Length 1h32
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OriginCanada
Genres Adventure
Rating62% 3.1448253.1448253.1448253.1448253.144825

The Tadpole and the Whale (French: La Grenouille et la baleine) is a Canadian children's fantasy film, directed by Jean-Claude Lord and released in 1988 as part of the Tales for All series.

The film stars Fanny Lauzier as Daphné, a young girl living in Mingan, Quebec who has developed the ability to breathe underwater, and who has befriended the dolphins and the whales living near the town in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The film's cast also includes Denis Forest, Marina Orsini, Félix-Antoine Leroux, Jean Lajeunesse, Lise Thouin, Louise Richer, Thomas Donohue, Roland Laroche, Pierre-Olivier Gagnon, Jean-Pierre Leduc, Jean Lafontaine, Jean Lemire, André Doyle, Claude Grisé and Alie Lavoie Gray.

The film garnered three Genie Award nominations at the 10th Genie Awards in 1989, including Best Original Screenplay, Best Cinematography (Thomas Burstyn) and Best Original Song for "We Are the One" (Normand Dubé, Guy Trépanier and Nathalie Carson). It also won the Golden Reel Award as the year's top-grossing Canadian film.

Synopsis

En arrivant à Mingan, sur la Côte-Nord du Saint-Laurent, un couple de visiteurs aperçoit une jeune fille flottant sur la mer. Croyant venir à son secours, ils découvrent que Daphné, 24 ans, est en train d’enregistrer le chant des baleines pour un spectacle. Daphné connaît une relation exceptionnelle avec les baleines et les dauphins qu’elle comprend bien grâce à son ouïe très développée. Mais sa vie risque de basculer quand son grand-père prend la décision de vendre l’auberge du bord de mer.

Actors

Denis Forest

(Marcel)
Marina Orsini

(Julie)
Lise Thouin

(Anne)
Louise Richer

(La mère)
Claude Grisé

(L'homme d'affaires)
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