Atanarjuat (2001)

Regisseur:

Zacharias Kunuk

Drehbuchautoren:

Paul Apak Angilirq (writer)
Norman Cohn (additional writer)

Premierendatum:

1. Februar 2002 (UK)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Plot:

The telling of an Inuit legend of an evil spirit causing strife in the community and one warrior's endurance and battle of its menace.

Plot Keywords:

Female Nudity | Native Canadian | Good Versus Evil | Nude Woman | Inuit

Filmpreise:

20 wins & 10 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Fantastic

Besetzung

Natar Ungalaaq	...	Atanarjuat
Sylvia Ivalu	...	Atuat
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq	...	Oki
Lucy Tulugarjuk	...	Puja
Madeline Ivalu	...	Panikpak
Pauloosie Qulitalik	...	Qulitalik / A shaman (as Paul Qulitalik)
Eugene Ipkarnak	...	Sauri, the chief
Pakak Innuksuk	...	Amaqjuaq (as Pakkak Innushuk)
Neeve Irngaut	...	Uluriaq
Abraham Ulayuruluk	...	Tungajuaq
Apayata Kotierk	...	Kumaglak
Mary Qulitalik	...	Niriuniq
Luke Taqqaugaq	...	Pittiulak
Alex Uttak	...	Pakak
Eric Nutarariaq	...	Young Sauri

Alternativ:

Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner (Australia) (Canada: English title)
Atanarjuat - La légende de l'homme rapide (Canada: French title)
The Fast Runner
The Fast Runner (Atanarjuat) (USA)
Atanarjuat - Die Legende vom schnellen Läufer (Österreich) [de]

MPAA:

Rated R for some sexuality/nudity and violence.

Länge:

172 Min | Argentina:174 Min (Mar del Plata Film Festival) | Australia:168 Min | Finland:172 Min (Helsinki International Film Festival) | UK:168 Min

Produktionsland:

Canada

Sprache:

Inuktitut

Farbe:

Farbe

Seitenverhältnis:

1.78 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

Germany:12 | Singapore:PG (cut) | Argentina:13 | Australia:MA | Canada:14A (Alberta/British Columbia) | Canada:14 (Nova Scotia) | Canada:AA (Ontario) | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PA (Manitoba) | France:U | Hong Kong:III | Iceland:10 | Japan:PG-12 | South Korea:15 | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Igloolik, Nunavut, Canada

Firma:

Aboriginal Peoples Television Network

Dies und das:

While this film would never get an SPCA approval for lack of harm to animals, it remains a fact that every animal killed was used in true Inuit fashion: all the meat was consumed, the skins put to practical use, etc.

Dialogzitate:

Oki: What are you all looking at? Haven't you ever seen anyone kick a dog before?

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Ausschnittsweise enthalten in Weird Sex & Snowshoes: A Trek Through the Canadian Cinematic Psyche (2004) (TV)

Fantastic

This film is so gorgeous and so memorable that I will be hunting down (pun intended) a copy of it TOMORROW! It's a "must-have" for any serious movie lover's collection.

"The Fast Runner" is unique. How many films have YOU seen that are spoken in the language of the Inuit? Or whose cast is 100% Inuit? OR recount a myth orally passed down within the Inuit community for eons?

I have a hard time believing that this movie runs almost three hours. I felt like I'd just begun to watch it and then - it was over . . . and I continued to sit there and absorb this amazing experience.

There are movies that cost millions upon millions of dollars and feature the biggest stars, yet "The Fast Runner" achieves something most of them can't: an effortless ability to haunt.

Prepare to be stunned by the people, production, locations, music, and power of "The Fast Runner."