Tadpole and the Whale

Jun 17, 1988

1h 32m

★ 5.7

Overview

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 Elvar meet a friendly whale, among other creatures, while back on land all is not as it should be.

Genres

Adventure

Family

Production Companies

Les Productions La Fête

Téléfilm Canada

La Societe Generale du Cinema du Quebec

Vachon

Super Écran

Cinema Plus

Tadpole and the Whale Trailers

Cast

Daphne

Fanny Lauzier

Marcel

Denis Forest

Julie

Marina Orsini

Alexandre

Félix-Antoine Leroux

Grand-papa Thomas

Jean Lajeunesse

Anne

Lise Thouin

La mère

Louise Richer

Le père

Thomas Donohue

Capelan

Pierre-Olivier Gagnon

Bernard

Jean-Pierre Leduc

Le réalisateur

Jean Lafontaine

Le caméraman

Jean Lemire

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