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Kabloonak

  • 19941994
  • 1h 43m
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
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Charles Dance and Adamie Quasiak Inukpuk in Kabloonak (1994)
  • Adventure
  • Drama
In 1922 the first documentary came on the big screen: Nanook of the North (1922). Kabloonak is the story of the making of this movie.In 1922 the first documentary came on the big screen: Nanook of the North (1922). Kabloonak is the story of the making of this movie.In 1922 the first documentary came on the big screen: Nanook of the North (1922). Kabloonak is the story of the making of this movie.
IMDb RATING
7.2/10
120
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  • Director
    • Claude Massot
  • Writers
    • Claude Massot
    • Sébastien Régnier
  • Stars
    • Charles Dance
    • Adamie Quasiak Inukpuk
    • Seporah Q. Ungalaq
Top credits
  • Director
    • Claude Massot
  • Writers
    • Claude Massot
    • Sébastien Régnier
  • Stars
    • Charles Dance
    • Adamie Quasiak Inukpuk
    • Seporah Q. Ungalaq
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    • 1User review
    • 5Critic reviews
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    • Awards
      • 6 wins & 1 nomination

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    Charles Dance and Adamie Quasiak Inukpuk in Kabloonak (1994)
    Charles Dance in Kabloonak (1994)
    Kabloonak (1994)
    Charles Dance and Adamie Quasiak Inukpuk at an event for Kabloonak (1994)

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    Charles Dance
    Charles Dance
    • Robert Flahertyas Robert Flaherty
    Adamie Quasiak Inukpuk
    Adamie Quasiak Inukpuk
    • Nanookas Nanook
    Seporah Q. Ungalaq
    • Nylaas Nyla
    Bernard Bloch
    • Thierry Maletas Thierry Malet
    Natar Ungalaaq
    Natar Ungalaaq
    • Mukpulluas Mukpullu
    Peter Hudson
    Peter Hudson
    • Mikeas Mike
    Matthew Saviakjuk-jaw
    • Aviukas Aviuk
    Georges Claisse
    • Wisconsinas Wisconsin
    Pauloosie Qulitalik
    • Harryas Harry
    • (as Pauloosie Quliqtalik)
    Tattigat Arnatsiaq
    • Tuktuas Tuktu
    Aleega Ragee Killiktee
    • Panilukas Paniluk
    Tony Vogel
    Tony Vogel
    • Skipper Billas Skipper Bill
    Nikolai Aipin
    • Kopakas Kopak
    • (as Nikolai Aipin Grigorievitch)
    Lyla Kootoo
    • Kopak 2as Kopak 2
    Ottakie Puddiuq
    • Kunukas Kunuk
    Rodha Kopalie
    • Mukpaas Mukpa
    Shortie Killitee
    • Igloo Murderas Igloo Murder
    Emidio Michetti
    • Billas Bill
    • Director
      • Claude Massot
    • Writers
      • Claude Massot
      • Sébastien Régnier
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    Storyline

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    In 1922 the first documentary came on the big screen: Nanook of the North (1922). Kabloonak is the story of the making of this movie.
    • journey
    • subtitled scene
    • walrus
    • hunting
    • hunter
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      • Adventure
      • Drama
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      Featured in The 50 Greatest Documentaries (2005)

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    10/10
    A work of Existential art, in "Kabloonak" the desert of ice gleams with fine acting and cinematography
    In this film Claude Massot brought to the screen his vision of the first film documentary, Robert Flaherty's "Nanook of the North." From start to finish, this film is a constellation of brilliantly choreographed performances, both by the professional actors and by the Inuit who are cast in native roles. Harsh, frozen vistas are polished to crystalline perfection through cinematography as pure and sharp as Japanese calligraphy. Charles Dance and Adamie Q. Inukpuk bring enormous strength and essential restraint to their roles as Flaherty, the "Kabloonak", or stranger, and Nanook, two utterly unalike men made brothers by their struggle through an arctic lunarscape to film the hunt of a polar bear. Inukpuk's Nanook is not a primitive, but a complex human living in bitterly primitive conditions. Dance turns in one of the finest performances of his screen career as Flaherty, a geologist and former prospector who made the film of his dreams, yet turned down offers to make another such motion picture. Charles Dance, Cinematographers Jacques Loiseleux and François Protat, and Sebastian Regnier's score all have won international gold medals for their work in "Kabloonak."
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    • Release date
      • January 11, 1995 (France)
    • Countries of origin
      • Canada
      • France
    • Official site
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    • Language
      • English
    • Also known as
      • Mis aventuras con Nanuk el esquimal
    • Filming locations
      • Siberia, Russia
    • Production companies
      • Bloom Films
      • Christian Bourgois Productions
      • Etalon Film
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 43 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby

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