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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.
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Synopsis
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, crew and production details
About Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Cast
Natar UngalaaqAtanarjuat
Pakak InnuksukAmaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)Credits
- Directed by
- Zacharias Kunuk
- Written by
- Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn, Herve Paniaq, Pauloosie Qulitalik
Production details
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- iu
- Original title
- ᐊᑕᓈᕐᔪᐊᑦ
- Budget
- $1.9M
- Box office
- $3.8M
Production
Isuma ProductionsCanada
Themes
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