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
Category: 2010 Films & Events
