Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ

2001·172'

Zacharias Kunuk

FantasyDrama

IU

Letterboxd TMDB #13245

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.

Cast

Natar Ungalaaq Atanarjuat

Sylvia Ivalu Atuat

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq Oki

Lucy Tulugarjuk Puja Pakak Innuksuk Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)

Madeline Ivalu Panikpak

Pauloosie Qulitalik Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)

Eugene Ipkarnak Sauri, the chief

Neeve Irngaut Uluriaq

Abraham Ulayuruluk Tungajuaq

Apayata Kotierk Kumaglak

Mary Qulitalik Niriuniq