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.
Cast
Natar Ungalaaq
Atanarjuat
Sylvia Ivalu
Atuat
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Oki
Lucy Tulugarjuk
Puja
Pakak Innuksuk
Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
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
Crew
Zacharias Kunuk
Director, Writer, Editor, Producer
Paul Apak Angilirq
Writer, Producer
Herve Paniaq
Writer
Pauloosie Qulitalik
Writer
Norman Cohn
Writer, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
Marie-Christine Sarda
Editor
Sally Bochner
Producer
Germaine Ying Gee Wong
Producer
James Ungalaaq
Production Design
Atuat Akkitirq
Costume Design
Jean-Paul Vialard
Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Richard Lavoie
Sound Recordist
Chris Crilly
Original Music Composer
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