Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner
Released: 2002
Fantasy, 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.
Starring: Natar Ungalaaq, Sylvia Ivalu, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq, Lucy Tulugarjuk, Pakak Innuksuk, Madeline Ivalu, Pauloosie Qulitalik, Eugene Ipkarnak
Directed by: Zacharias Kunuk
Written by: Zacharias Kunuk, Paul Apak Angilirq, Norman Cohn, Herve Paniaq, Pauloosie Qulitalik
Language: Inuktitut
Scenes
Atanarjuat (Natar Ungalaaq) and his brother (Pakkak Innukshuk) piss in the tundra, and the pee is shown landing on some stones.
The bad guy Oki (Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq) pees on some vegetation, unaware that Atanarjuat is hidden underneath. When he leaves, Atanarjuat complains that he was pissed on.
Alternate Titles
The Fast Runner