Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)

  • R
  • 02/01/2002 (US)
  • Fantasy, Drama
  • 2h 52m

Overview

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.

Zacharias Kunuk

Director, Writer

Paul Apak Angilirq

Writer

Herve Paniaq

Writer

Pauloosie Qulitalik

Writer

Norman Cohn

Writer

Cast

Natar Ungalaaq's headshot

Natar Ungalaaq

Atanarjuat
Sylvia Ivalu's headshot

Sylvia Ivalu

Atuat
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq's headshot

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

Oki
Lucy Tulugarjuk's headshot

Lucy Tulugarjuk

Puja
Pakak Innuksuk's headshot

Pakak Innuksuk

Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
Madeline Ivalu's headshot

Madeline Ivalu

Panikpak
Pauloosie Qulitalik's headshot

Pauloosie Qulitalik

Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)
Eugene Ipkarnak's headshot

Eugene Ipkarnak

Sauri, the chief

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