"In the 1930s, Agaguk lives his traditional Inuit life. But one day, there is a murder in the tribe and Agaguk becomes a suspect. Soon he becomes persecuted by Henderson, a mean mountie, and he must flee through the cold winter of Northern Quebec."
Lou Diamond Phillips
as Agaguk
Toshirō Mifune
as Kroomak
Jennifer Tilly
as Igiyook
Bernard-Pierre Donnadieu
as Brown
Donald Sutherland
as Henderson
Nicholas Campbell
as Scott
Raoul Max Trujillo
as Big Tooth
Qalingo Tookalak
as Tulugak
Jobie Arnaituk
as Nayalik
Tamussie Sivuarapik
as Korok
Harry Hill
as McTavish
David Okpik
as Pualuna
Patricia Eshkibok
as Parted Hair
Earl Danyluk
as Hatchet Jack
Glenn Verdon
as Stebbins
Lucie Kadjulik
as First old woman
Lydia Phillips
as Second old woman
Jean-Michel Dorthan
as First sailor
Gordon Masten
as Second sailor
Richard Zeman
as Policeman
Alacie Tukalak
as Arnattiaq
Sheena Larkin
as Mrs. McTavish
Frédéric Duplessis
as Tayarak new born
Sam Simpson
as Tayarak 1 month
Estafana Chew
as Tayarak 6 months
Alunngirk Airo
as Tayarak 3 years
Lizzie Sivuarapik
as Woman in igloo
Bart Hanna Kappianak
as Drum player
Mary Iqaluk
as Throat singer #1
Nellie Iqaluk
as Throat singer #2
Jacques Dorfmann
Director
Ann Brodie
Makeup Artist
Pierre Magny
Claude Paré
Art Direction
Catherine Trouillet
Editor
Maurice Jarre
Original Music Composer
Olga Dimitrovová
Costume Design
David Milhaud
Adaptation
Billy Williams
Director of Photography
Charles L. Smiley
Executive Producer
Joseph A. Porro
Rudy Wurlitzer
Screenplay
Ginette D'Amico
Casting
Wolf Kroeger
Production Design
Claude Léger
Producer
Neil Lamont
Richard Holland
Supervising Art Director
Yves Thériault
Novel
Evan Jones