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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)

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.

  • Fantasy
  • Drama

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Natar UngalaaqNatar UngalaaqAtanarjuat
  • Photo of Sylvia IvaluSylvia IvaluAtuat
  • Photo of Peter-Henry ArnatsiaqPeter-Henry ArnatsiaqOki
  • Photo of Lucy TulugarjukLucy TulugarjukPuja
  • Photo of Pakak InnuksukPakak InnuksukAmaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
  • Photo of Madeline IvaluMadeline IvaluPanikpak
  • Photo of Pauloosie QulitalikPauloosie QulitalikQulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)
  • Photo of Eugene IpkarnakEugene IpkarnakSauri, the chief
  • Photo of Neeve IrngautNeeve IrngautUluriaq
  • Photo of Abraham UlayurulukAbraham UlayurulukTungajuaq

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