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.

6.895

172 min

Cast

Natar Ungalaaq

as Atanarjuat

Sylvia Ivalu

as Atuat

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

as Oki

Lucy Tulugarjuk

as Puja

Pakak Innuksuk

as Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)

Madeline Ivalu

as Panikpak

Pauloosie Qulitalik

as Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)

Eugene Ipkarnak

as Sauri, the chief

Neeve Irngaut

as Uluriaq

Abraham Ulayuruluk

as Tungajuaq

Apayata Kotierk

as Kumaglak

Mary Qulitalik

as Niriuniq

Luke Taqqaugaq

as Pittiulak

Alex Uttak

as Pakak

Felix Alaralak

as Tulimaq

Director

Zacharias Kunuk