Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2002

172 min

7.0

Ends at

Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.

Budget

$1,934,000

Genre

Fantasy, Drama

Director

Zacharias Kunuk

Country

Canada

Cast & Crew

Natar Ungalaaq

Sylvia Ivalu

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

Lucy Tulugarjuk

Pakak Innuksuk

Madeline Ivalu

Pauloosie Qulitalik

Eugene Ipkarnak

Neeve Irngaut

Abraham Ulayuruluk

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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Based on a local legend and set in an unknown era, it deals with universal themes of love, possessiveness, family, jealousy and power. Beautifully shot, and acted by Inuit people, it portrays a time when people fought duels by taking turns to punch each other until one was unconscious, made love on the way to the caribou hunt, ate walrus meat and lit their igloos with seal-oil lamps.

  • Natar Ungalaaq

  • Sylvia Ivalu

  • Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

  • Lucy Tulugarjuk

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