Released:
2002-02-01

Overview:
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.

Director:
Zacharias Kunuk

Runtime:
2h 52min

Genre:
Fantasy, Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Natar Ungalaaq
  as
  Atanarjuat
• 
  Sylvia Ivalu
  as
  Atuat
• 
  Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
  as
  Oki
• 
  Lucy Tulugarjuk
  as
  Puja
• 
  Pakak Innuksuk
  as
  Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)