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Searchers

2016 · 94 min

A stark, patient Arctic pursuit that plays like myth—cold, sorrowful, and quietly relentless beneath its wide frozen silence.

Overview: Inuk filmmaker Zacharias Kunuk (Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner) returns with this Arctic epic inspired by the classic John Ford western of the same name, about a vengeful husband who sets off in pursuit of the violent men who kidnapped his wife and destroyed his home.
How it feels: Bleak, melancholic, tense and earnest. Slow-burning and needs your attention.
About: Revenge, grief, family, survival
Content: Strong violence. Mild gore, sexual content and language.
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Tone: bleakstrength 3 of 3
melancholicstrength 3 of 3
tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing: slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: revenge
grief
family
survival
justice
Places: wilderness
countryside
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: nonlinear
Content intensity: Gore mild
Language mild
Violence strong
Sex mild

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Genres: action, drama, history
Directed by: Zacharias Kunuk
Written by: Norman Cohn, Zacharias Kunuk
Starring: Benjamin Kunuk, Joey Sarpinak, Jocelyne Immaroitok, Karen Ivalu, Jonah Qunaq, Joseph Uttak, Louisa Taqqaugaq, Paul-Dylan Ivalu
Music: Chris Crilly
Cinematography: Jonathan Frantz
Runtime: 94 min
Country: Canada
Languages: Inuktitut