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10 November 2006 (Denmark) moreGenre:
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Once a shaman abandons his faith, there is no turning back.Plot:
A portrayal of the lives of the last great Inuit shaman, Avva, and his beautiful and headstrong daughter, Apak. Based on the journals of 1920s Danish ethnographer Knud Rasmussen. full summary | add synopsisAwards:
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Drama in a Bleak Land more (4 total)Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Pakak Innuksuk | ... | Aua |
| Leah Angutimarik | ... | Apak |
| Neeve Irngaut | ... | Orulu |
| Natar Ungalaaq | ... | Nuqallaq |
| Samueli Ammaq | ... | Umik |
| Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq | ... | Natar |
| Catherine Alaralak | ... | Kigutikaajuk |
| Abraham Ulayuruluk | ... | Evaluarjuk |
| Jens Jørn Spottag | ... | Knud Rasmussen |
 | Kim Bodnia | ... | Peter Freuchen |
 | Jakob Cedergren | ... | Therkel Mathiassen |
| Tommy Uttak | ... | Taparte |
| Apayata Kotierk | ... | Anguillianuk |
| Cora Akkitirq | ... | Spirit |
| Racheal Uyarasuk | ... | Spirit |
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The arctic provides a bleak landscape. It's cold, there's snow, maybe the odd igloo or so and sky.
So how does a movie-maker transform this to paint a picture of how Christianity was introduced to the Inuit 95-odd years ago? Very skillfully, I must say.
And when the story makes you understand how Inuit life and thinking was before with shamans, and family traditions of eating, child rearing, and let's say superstitions, though perhaps that's not the exact word, and the transition that took place in one household and the extended community when Danish explorers from Greenland chanced upon this community, you see a piece of history unfold in front of you in a gripping, intellectually powerful way.
The impact on the family, the emotional rip from the heart, and the ensuing loss really makes for a powerful and honest film.
Well, done with super acting throughout!