Wrong Husband

Genre
Cinema • Fiction

Duration
1:40

Additional information
Original Inuktitut version, French and English subtitles

Igloolik, Nunavut, 2000 BCE. Teenage lovers Kaujak (Theresia Kappianaq) and Sapa (Haiden Angutimarik) were promised to each other at birth. After the sudden death of Kaujak's father, her mother marries a man from another camp tearing the two apart. The promise of a better life quickly turns to a nightmare, with aggressive suitors backed by an evil shaman vying to win Kaujak's hand. But Kaujak resists, holding on to hope that Sapa will one day make things right.

*Berlin Film Festival 2025
*Festival du nouveau cinéma 2025

Director : Zacharias Kunuk
Country : Canada
Year : 2025
Format : DCP

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