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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

70 %|Feb 1, 2002|Fantasy, Drama

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.

Featured Crew

Zacharias Kunuk
Director
Paul Apak Angilirq
Writer
Zacharias Kunuk
Writer
Herve Paniaq
Writer
Pauloosie Qulitalik
Writer
Norman Cohn
Director of Photography
Norman Cohn
Editor
Zacharias Kunuk
Editor

Cast

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Natar Ungalaaq
Atanarjuat
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Pakak Innuksuk
Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
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Pauloosie Qulitalik
Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)
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Eugene Ipkarnak
Sauri, the chief