Lumaajuuq (movie)
- User score: 6
- Production country: Canada
- Producer: Alethea Arnaquq-Baril
- Production companies: ONF | NFB, Inuit Broadcasting Corporation
- Genre: Animation, Fantasy
- Release date: 1/1/2010
- Run time: 7 min.
Movie description
This animated short is a tragic and twisted story about the dangers of revenge. A cruel mother mistreats her son, feeding him dog meat and forcing him to sleep in the cold. A loon, who tells the boy that his mother blinded him, helps the child regain his eyesight. Then the boy seeks revenge, releasing his mother’s lifeline as she harpoons a whale and watching her drown. Based on a portion of the epic Inuit legend “The Blind Boy and the Loon.”
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