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This pioneering documentary film depicts the lives of the indigenous Inuit people of Canada's northern Quebec region. Although the production contains some fictional elements, it vividly shows how its resourceful subjects survive in such a harsh climate, revealing how they construct their igloo homes and find food by hunting and fishing. The film also captures the beautiful, if unforgiving, frozen landscape of the Great White North, far removed from conventional civilization.
“A story of life and love in the actual Arctic.”
Top Cast
Allakariallak
Nanook
Alice Nevalinga
Nanook's Wife - the Smiling One
Cunayou
Cunayou - Nanook's Daughter
Allegoo
Allegoo - Nanook's Son
Allee
Allee - Nanook's Son
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Rating
7.1/ 10
Release Date
1922-06-11
Runtime
1h 19m
Genres
DocumentaryDrama
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CinemaSerf
7/10
•2/16/2024At times I thought this was filmed in the 1960s. It has an astonishing quality to it - the camerawork delivering quite a pristine image of this man and his family as they spend a year eking out a traditional existence. The terrain is inherently hosti...






