Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
172 mins
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.
Sylvia Ivalu
Atuat
Madeline Ivalu
Panikpak
Pauloosie Qulitalik
Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)
Eugene Ipkarnak
Sauri, the chief
Neeve Irngaut
Uluriaq
Abraham Ulayuruluk
Tungajuaq
Apayata Kotierk
Kumaglak
Mary Qulitalik
Niriuniq
Luke Taqqaugaq
Pittiulak
Alex Uttak
Pakak
Felix Alaralak
Tulimaq
Paul Apak Angilirq
Writer
Pauloosie Qulitalik
Writer
Herve Paniaq
Writer
Norman Cohn
Producer
Norman Cohn
Editor
James Ungalaaq
Production Design
Atuat Akkitirq
Costume Design
Paul Apak Angilirq
Producer
Norman Cohn
Director of Photography
Marie-Christine Sarda
Editor
Sally Bochner
Producer
Germaine Ying Gee Wong
Producer
Norman Cohn
Writer
Chris Crilly
Original Music Composer
Jean-Paul Vialard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Lavoie
Sound Recordist