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68% Critic Match
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
6.8 / 10• 2002• 2h 52m•R• Inuktitut
FantasyDrama
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.
Cast & Crew
Natar Ungalaaq
Atanarjuat
LeadSI
Sylvia Ivalu
Atuat
PA
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Oki
LT
Lucy Tulugarjuk
Puja
Pakak Innuksuk
Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
MI
Madeline Ivalu
Panikpak
PQ
Pauloosie Qulitalik
Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)
EI
Eugene Ipkarnak
Sauri, the chief
What People Are Saying
4.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Zacharias Kunuk's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
3.0
“Every frame feels alive. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
