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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2002 • 2h52m Fantasy, Drama

Rating

6.9/10

Popularity

1

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.

Details

Director

Zacharias Kunuk

Screenplay

Paul Apak Angilirq

Pauloosie Qulitalik

Zacharias Kunuk

Cast

Natar Ungalaaq

Sylvia Ivalu

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

Release date

2/1/2002

Status

Released

Budget

$1,934,000

Revenue

$3,786,801

Origin country

CA

Vote count

75