Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Zacharias Kunuk / CA, 2001 / 172 min.
Epic tale of jealousy and revenge set among the nomadic Inuit community became a global festival favourite. When it was released in 2001, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner was the very first independent, Inuit-produced, directed and spoken feature film.
It is a story told in many sagas and fairytales. Two men fall for the same woman, only one can marry her. Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner wins the captivating Atuat’s love, eliciting the rage of the jealous Oki - the tribal leader’s son. Oki murders Atanarjuat’s brother Amaqjuag The Strong. Atanarjuat escapes and runs naked across the tundra of arctic Canada, will he survive and manage to appease the evil spirits?
Screening on 35mm from the Eye collection.
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Details
Director
Zacharias Kunuk
Production year
2001
Country
CA
Original title
Atanarjuat
Length
172 min.
Language
Inuktitut
Subtitles
NLD
Format
35mm, DCP
Part of
2001
In its film programme 2001 – A Time Capsule, Eye Filmmuseum is marking the 25th anniversary of the year 2001 with a generous helping of nostalgia, screening 25 films that were released in 2001.
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