Inuk

Sixteen year-old Inuk lives a troubled life with his alcoholic mother and violent step-father. The social services decide to send Inuk to a home for neglected Inuit children. One morning, after pulling the half-frozen boy out of an abandoned car, social services send him north, to a children's home on a tiny island in the middle of the arctic sea-ice. There, Inuk meets Ikuma, a local polar bear hunter, who has his own share of problems. He is haunted by his troubled past and his extraordinary hunting skills are mysteriously disappearing. The children's home's warm-hearted director, Aviaaja, asks Ikuma to take Inuk on his annual seal-hunting trip. The authenticity of the film was intensified by the exceptional performance of the nonprofessional Inuit actors.

Keywords

  • Arthouse
  • Screen: Scandinavia
  • Coming of Age
  • family
  • natural
  • road movie
  • youth

Actors

  • Ole Jørgen Hammeken
  • Gaaba Petersen
  • Rebekka Jørgensen
  • Sara Lyberth
  • Inunnguaq Jeremiassen
  • Elisabeth Skade

Director

  • Mike Magidson

Drama


1h 25min


12 FSK

KL


DE

Greenland
France
2010
Because Inuk does not accept borders, he is sent to the north of Greenland. Here he meets Ikuma, a taciturn polar bear hunter.

Because Inuk does not accept borders, he is sent to the north of Greenland. Here he meets Ikuma, a taciturn polar bear hunter.


Sixteen year-old Inuk lives a troubled life with his alcoholic mother and violent step-father. The social services decide to send Inuk to a home for neglected Inuit children.


One morning, after pulling the half-frozen boy out of an abandoned car, social services send him north, to a children's home on a tiny island in the middle of the arctic sea-ice. There, Inuk meets Ikuma, a local polar bear hunter, who has his own share of problems. He is haunted by his troubled past and his extraordinary hunting skills are mysteriously disappearing. The children's home's warm-hearted director, Aviaaja, asks Ikuma to take Inuk on his annual seal-hunting trip.


The authenticity of the film was intensified by the exceptional performance of the nonprofessional Inuit actors.

Cast & Crew