This finely wrought drama, Grand Prize winner at the 2008 Montreal Film
Festival, was inspired by a tuberculosis epidemic that broke out among the Inuit population of Canada’s Far North in the 1940s and 1950s. Natar Ungalaaq of THE FAST RUNNER stars as Tivii, a stricken man yanked from his isolated home terrain to a Quebec City hospital, where he experiences both profound culture shock and some barrier-transcending
human connections. While no one there speaks his native tongue, Tivii
does grasp that his treatment is expected to last as long as two years.
Toronto Star: “In examining what constitutes the necessities of
life, writer-director Benoit Pilon presents a variety of
options–communication, belonging, acceptance and family. But chief
among them is dignity.” Sponsored by Quebec Government Office in Boston. 105
minutes, in Inuktitut and French with subtitles. Film review
- Friday, March 26 2:00 pm @ Savoy Theater
- Saturday, March 27 8:45 pm @ Savoy Theater
- Sunday, March 28 6:00 pm @ Savoy Theater
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