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01/02/2002 Fantasy, Drama 2h 52m
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Overview

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.

  1. Paul Apak Angilirq

    Writer

  2. Pauloosie Qulitalik

    Writer

  3. Zacharias Kunuk

    Director, Writer

  4. Herve Paniaq

    Writer

  5. Norman Cohn

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Natar Ungalaaq

    Atanarjuat

  2. Sylvia Ivalu

    Atuat

  3. Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq

    Oki

  4. Lucy Tulugarjuk

    Puja

  5. Pakak Innuksuk

    Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)

  6. Madeline Ivalu

    Panikpak

  7. Pauloosie Qulitalik

    Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)

  8. Eugene Ipkarnak

    Sauri, the chief

  9. Neeve Irngaut

    Uluriaq

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Full Cast & Crew

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Status
Released

Original Language
Inuktitut

Budget
$1,934,000.00

Revenue
$3,786,801.00

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