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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

2002-02-01 · 172 min · ★ 6.8

Fantasy · Drama

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.

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Production details

Directors
Zacharias Kunuk
Production companies
Isuma Productions
Countries
Canada
Status
Released
Budget
USD 1,934,000
Revenue
USD 3,786,801

Top Cast

Natar UngalaaqNatar UngalaaqAtanarjuat
Sylvia IvaluAtuat
Peter-Henry ArnatsiaqOki
Lucy TulugarjukPuja
Pakak InnuksukPakak InnuksukAmaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
Madeline IvaluPanikpak
Pauloosie QulitalikQulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)
Eugene IpkarnakSauri, the chief
Neeve IrngautUluriaq
Abraham UlayurulukTungajuaq
Apayata KotierkKumaglak
Mary QulitalikNiriuniq
Luke TaqqaugaqPittiulak
Alex UttakPakak
Felix AlaralakTulimaq

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