The Core Question
What just happened between you and "Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner"?
No need to judge. Just record how you feel right now.
Overview
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
Zacharias Kunuk
Director
Natar Ungalaaq
Atanarjuat
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Sylvia Ivalu
Atuat
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Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Oki
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Lucy Tulugarjuk
Puja
Pakak Innuksuk
Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
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Madeline Ivalu
Panikpak
Stills
Love Letters from the Community
Every encounter with this film is unique
