Atanarjuat is a 2001 Canadian film directed by Zacharias Kunuk. It is also released as Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, which translates the title. Atanarjuat was the first feature film ever to be written, directed and acted entirely in Inuktitut, the language of Canada's Inuit people.
Set in the ancient past, the film retells an Inuit legend passed down through centuries of oral tradition. In a community already split by rivalry and lust for power, ...
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Atanarjuat is a 2001 Canadian film directed by Zacharias Kunuk. It is also released as Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, which translates the title. Atanarjuat was the first feature film ever to be written, directed and acted entirely in Inuktitut, the language of Canada's Inuit people.
Set in the ancient past, the film retells an Inuit legend passed down through centuries of oral tradition. In a community already split by rivalry and lust for power, an evil shaman arrives to redouble the pain by committing a murder and placing a curse. The curse plays out through the lives of the characters, until spiritual forces and raw human courage begin the process of healing, growth, and confrontation.
Produced by Kunnuk's production company, Isuma Igloolik Productions, the film was Canada's top-grossing release of 2002, outperforming the mainstream comedy Men With Brooms. In 2004, it was included in the Toronto International Film Festival's list of Canada's Top Ten Films of All Time.
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