Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 2h 52m
- Released
- 2001
- Country
- Canada
Details
Release year: 2001
Storyline
The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.
Top credits
Natar Ungalaaq — Atanarjuat- Sylvia Ivalu — Atuat
- Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq — Oki
- Lucy Tulugarjuk — Puja
Did you know
• While this film would never get SPCA approval, every animal killed was used in true Inuit fashion; all the meat was consumed, and the skins were put to practical use.
• The first Inuktitut-language feature film.
• The legend this film is based on ends with the hero killing the brothers who have been tormenting him. Paul Apaq, the writer, rewrote the legend because he felt that a message of hope was needed.
Box Office
Gross (Domestic): $3,789,952
User reviews
Goes down easy
The film makes the most of the immense snowy landscape
Intriguing and beautiful though drawn-out.
Technical specs
- Sound mix
- Dolby Digital
- Aspect ratio
- 1.78 : 1
- Color
- Color
