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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2002 2h 52m star 7.0 / 10

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.

Top Billed Cast

Natar Ungalaaq

Natar Ungalaaq

Atanarjuat

Sylvia Ivalu

Sylvia Ivalu

Atuat

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

Oki

Lucy Tulugarjuk

Lucy Tulugarjuk

Puja

Pakak Innuksuk

Pakak Innuksuk

Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)

Madeline Ivalu

Madeline Ivalu

Panikpak

Pauloosie Qulitalik

Pauloosie Qulitalik

Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)

Eugene Ipkarnak

Eugene Ipkarnak

Sauri, the chief

Neeve Irngaut

Neeve Irngaut

Uluriaq

Abraham Ulayuruluk

Abraham Ulayuruluk

Tungajuaq