Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Name: Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Director: Zacharias Kunuk
Genre: Fantasy, Drama
Released: 2002-02-01
Duration: 172 min
Cast: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Pakak Innuksuk

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2002 · 172 min · R · Fantasy · Drama · TMDB 6.8/10

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.

Directed by Zacharias Kunuk

Cast

Natar Ungalaaq — Atanarjuat
Sylvia Ivalu — Atuat
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq — Oki
Lucy Tulugarjuk — Puja
Pakak Innuksuk — Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)