Movie poster for Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
TMDb Rating
6.9/10

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Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2002)

FantasyDrama
172 min

Plot Summary

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.

Director

Zacharias Kunuk

Top Cast

Natar UngalaaqSylvia IvaluPeter-Henry ArnatsiaqLucy TulugarjukPakak Innuksuk

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