Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner — Plot

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.

• Release date
• February 1, 2002
• Runtime
• 172 min
• Genres
• Fantasy, Drama
• Director
• Zacharias Kunuk

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner — Cast

Natar Ungalaaq Atanarjuat

S

Sylvia Ivalu Atuat

P

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq Oki

L

Lucy Tulugarjuk Puja Pakak Innuksuk Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)

M

Madeline Ivalu Panikpak

P

Pauloosie Qulitalik Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)

E

Eugene Ipkarnak Sauri, the chief