After the camp leader is murdered, the new leader Sauri drives his old rival Tulimaq down through mistreatment and ridicule. Years pass and power begins to change when the resentful Tulimaq has two sons – Amaqjuaq, The Strong One, and Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner. As the camp’s best hunters they provoke jealousy and rage in their rival, Oki, the leader’s ill tempered son. When The Fast Runner wins away Oki’s promised bride-to-be, the beautiful Atuat, Oki conspires to murder the brothers.
Based on an ancient Inuit legend that takes place in the Eastern Arctic wilderness near Igloolik at the dawn of the first millenium.
The film will be screened in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada.
Canada 2001
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
MS12
Genre
Drama, Adventure
Director
Zacharias Kunuk
Run time
2h 52min
Cast
Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Madeline Ivalu, Pakak Innukshuk, Neeve Imgaut Uttak, Mary Qulitalik
Genre
Drama, Adventure
Director
Zacharias Kunuk
Run time
2h 52min
Cast
Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Madeline Ivalu, Pakak Innukshuk, Neeve Imgaut Uttak, Mary Qulitalik
After the camp leader is murdered, the new leader Sauri drives his old rival Tulimaq down through mistreatment and ridicule. Years pass and power begins to change when the resentful Tulimaq has two sons – Amaqjuaq, The Strong One, and Atanarjuat, The Fast Runner. As the camp’s best hunters they provoke jealousy and rage in their rival, Oki, the leader’s ill tempered son. When The Fast Runner wins away Oki’s promised bride-to-be, the beautiful Atuat, Oki conspires to murder the brothers.
Based on an ancient Inuit legend that takes place in the Eastern Arctic wilderness near Igloolik at the dawn of the first millenium.
The film will be screened in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada.
Canada 2001
Based on an ancient Inuit legend that takes place in the Eastern Arctic wilderness near Igloolik at the dawn of the first millenium.
The film will be screened in collaboration with the Embassy of Canada.
Canada 2001
Info
Rating
Under 12 Not Recommended
Production year
2001
Global distributor
-
Local distributor
Pimedate Ööde Filmifestival MTÜ
In cinema
11/22/2013