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.
- Released
- 2002-02-01
- Genres
- Fantasy, Drama
- Runtime
- 172 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Zacharias Kunuk
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 from 84 votes
Cast
- Natar Ungalaaq as Atanarjuat
- Sylvia Ivalu as Atuat
- Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq as Oki
- Lucy Tulugarjuk as Puja
- Pakak Innuksuk as Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
- Madeline Ivalu as Panikpak
- Pauloosie Qulitalik as Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)
- Eugene Ipkarnak as Sauri, the chief
- Neeve Irngaut as Uluriaq
- Abraham Ulayuruluk as Tungajuaq
- Apayata Kotierk as Kumaglak
- Mary Qulitalik as Niriuniq