Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner

Synopsis

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.

Main Cast

Natar Ungalaaq

Atanarjuat

Age : 62 | Popularity : 10%

Sylvia Ivalu

Atuat

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

Oki

Age : N/A | Popularity : 5%

Lucy Tulugarjuk

Puja

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Pakak Innuksuk

Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Madeline Ivalu

Panikpak

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Pauloosie Qulitalik

Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Eugene Ipkarnak

Sauri, the chief

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Zacharias Kunuk
Writing	Writer	Zacharias Kunuk Paul Apak Angilirq Herve Paniaq Pauloosie Qulitalik
	Author	Norman Cohn
Department	Role	Name

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