Movie Details
Theatrical Release:February 1st, 2002
Movie Budget:$1,934,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$3,786,801 (Worldwide)
Original Language:Inuktitut
Production Companies:Igloolik Isuma Productions Inc.
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Audience Score
DirectorZacharias Kunuk
WritersPaul Apak Angilirq
Plot
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.
