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.
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
Luke Taqqaugaq
Pittiulak
Alex Uttak
Pakak
Felix Alaralak
Tulimaq
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Storyline
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.
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