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.
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.