
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
2002•172 min•
★6.9
FantasyDrama
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

Natar Ungalaaq
Atanarjuat

Sylvia Ivalu
Atuat

Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Oki

Lucy Tulugarjuk
Puja

Pakak Innuksuk
Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)

Madeline Ivalu
Panikpak

Pauloosie Qulitalik
Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)

Eugene Ipkarnak
Sauri, the chief

Neeve Irngaut
Uluriaq

Abraham Ulayuruluk
Tungajuaq

DirectorZacharias Kunuk









