Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
2002•R•2h 52m•6.8•Released
FantasyDrama
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.
Director
Zacharias Kunuk
Writer
Paul Apak Angilirq, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Zacharias Kunuk, Herve Paniaq, Norman Cohn
Budget
$2M
Revenue
$4M
Languages
Inuktitut
Studio
Isuma Productions
Cast
Natar Ungalaaq
Atanarjuat
Sylvia Ivalu
Atuat
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Oki
Lucy Tulugarjuk
Puja
Pakak Innuksuk
Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
Madeline Ivalu
Panikpak
Pauloosie Qulitalik
Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)
Eugene Ipkarnak
Sauri, the chief
Neeve Irngaut
Uluriaq
Abraham Ulayuruluk
Tungajuaq
Apayata Kotierk
Kumaglak
Mary Qulitalik
Niriuniq
Luke Taqqaugaq
Pittiulak
Alex Uttak
Pakak
Felix Alaralak
Tulimaq
Production
Company
Isuma Productions
Producer
Zacharias Kunuk
Producer
Germaine Ying Gee Wong
Producer
Paul Apak Angilirq
Producer
Sally Bochner
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