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Gathering Place

1988 · 59 min

A quiet, patient window into communal life, where small rituals and a shy courtship unfold at a gentle, observational pace.

Directed by
Zacharias Kunuk
Genres
Drama
Starring
Eugene Ikkarnak, Pauloosie Qulitalik
Overview
Four Inuit families build a qaggiq, a large communal igloo, to mark the approach of spring with singing and games. A young man woos a girl but her parents are in disagreement over whether he shall get to marry her.

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Directed by
Zacharias Kunuk
Genres
Drama
Starring
Eugene Ikkarnak, Pauloosie Qulitalik
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How it feels

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Tone
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • love
  • trauma
  • identity
Places
  • countryside
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism8
Romance4
Tension2
Darkness2
Complexity3
Emotional weight5

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Details

Genres
drama
Directed by
Zacharias Kunuk
Starring
Eugene Ikkarnak, Pauloosie Qulitalik
Runtime
59 min
Country
Canada
Languages
Inuktitut

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