Fiction

ATANARJUAT

Fast Runner
Zacharias KunuK
Kanada 2001
172 min
V'01

Evil in the form of an unknown shaman divides a small community of nomadic Inuit, upsetting its balance and spirit. Twenty years pass. Two brothers emerge to challenge the evil order: Amaqjuaq, the Strong One, and Atanarjuat, the Fast Runner. Atanarjuat wins the hand of the lovely Atuat away from the boastful son of the camp leader, Oki, who vows to get even. Oki ambushes the brothers in their sleep, killing Amaqjuaq, as Atanarjuat miraculously escapes running naked over the spring sea ice. But can he ever escape the cycle of vengeance left behind?

Credits
  • Natar Ungalaaq - Atanarjuat
  • Sylvia Ivalu - Atuat
  • Peter Henry Arnatsiaq - Oki
  • Lucy Tulugarjuk - Puja
  • Madeline Ivalu - Panikpak
  • Pauloosie Qulitalik - Qulitalik
  • Eugene Ipkarnak - Sauri
  • Pakak Innuksuk - Amaqjuaq
  • Paul Apak Angilirq
  • Norman Cohn
  • Richard Lavoie
  • Zacharias KunuK
  • Norman Cohn
  • Marie-Christine Sarda
  • Chris Crilly
  • James Ungalaaq
  • Micheline Ammaq
  • Atuat Akkiriq
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