Shadow of the Wolf (1992) ( Agaguk )

Shadow of the Wolf (1992) (DVD) (*)

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Alternate Title: Agaguk
Screened, competed or awarded at:
Fantasporto Awards
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Dolby Digital 5.1 )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (2.35:1)

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access

Movie filmed in 1992 and produced in:
Canada ( USA, Canada )
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Jacques Dorfmann
Pierre Magny

Written By:
Jacques Dorfmann
Evan Jones

Actors:
Lou Diamond Phillips ..... Agaguk
Toshirô Mifune ..... Kroomak
Jennifer Tilly ..... Igiyook
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu ..... Brown
Donald Sutherland ..... Henderson
Nicholas Campbell ..... Scott
Raoul Trujillo ..... Big Tooth
Qalingo Tookalak ..... Tulugak
Jobie Arnaituk ..... Nayalik
Tamussie Sivuarapik ..... Korok
Harry Hill ..... McTavish
David Okpik ..... Pualuna
Patricia Eshkibok ..... Parted Hair
Earl Danyluk ..... Hatchet Jack
Glenn Verdon ..... Stebbins

Synopsis:

Based on a best-selling novel, this drama, set amongst a remote Eskimo tribe in 1935, was - at the time it was produced - the most expensive Canadian motion picture ever made, with a budget of $31 million. Lou Diamond Phillips stars as Agaguk, the rebellious son of tribal leader Kroomak (Toshiro Mifune). The two men disagree strongly over the growing presence of white men in the area. Agaguk wants nothing to do with the interlopers, while his father has opened a fur trade with one of them, Brown (Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu). Agaguk and Kroomak also clash over Igiyook (Jennifer Tilly), a beautiful woman whom both men want to marry, but Agaguk wins her hand. After he slays Brown in an argument, Agaguk is cursed and cast out of the tribe by his father. Agaguk takes Igiyook into the wilderness and struggles to survive there as she gives birth to a child, while Henderson (Donald Sutherland), a lawman, shows up to investigate Brown's death.

Set circa 1935. The story of the tragic confrontation of native Eskimos with encroaching whites in the Arctic. Agaguk is a young Inuit Eskimo who hates the white intruders and impetuously kills one of them. He is banished by his father to the tundra where he ekes out a difficult living with his lover. Eventually life turns full circle and he returns to his village to take over responsibilities from his father.

The son of a powerful shaman flees his tribe and his father's domination after accidentally killing a white trader.

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