About: A strange death, village upheavals, and swarming suitors lead to a love story gone awry in acclaimed Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk’s latest enthralling imagining of ancient Inuit stories.
Celebrated Inuk director Zacharias Kunuk returns to the Festival with his latest offering, a captivating, epic, historical drama about an arranged marriage, set 4,000 years ago. Seamlessly blending the supernatural with verité realism, Uiksaringitara (Wrong Husband) follows a boy, Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik), and a girl, Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq), whose union in marriage is promised by their families from birth.
Reaction: I almost want to say that this is Mr. Kunuk’s “The Ultimate Trip” movie, to quote the 2001: A SPACE ODYSSEY poster! I have always felt that his previous movies had an element of “sameness” to it as he deals with Inuit stories and characters, but he really takes to the next level with crazy visuals and many unique and interesting characters . Every character here has their own unique voice and story to tell, and I’m also happy to report that it’s also his best looking movie to date with a stunning widescreen look and feel that looks AMAZING on the big screen, and a good cross-over title to Canadian audiences interested in something a little out of the ordinary. Again, this looks so good that I would even suggest an IMAX “blow-up” if the filmmakers are interested!
