Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (2001)

Atanarjuat

172 min★ 7.4 · 7,103 votes

• Drama

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.

Release date

May 13, 2001

Country of origin

Canada

Budget

$1,934,000

Box office

$3,786,801