Before Tomorrow
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Marie-helene Cousineau
Madeline Ivalu
Paul-dylan Ivalu
Peter-henry Arnatsiaq
Mary Qulitalik
Tumasie Sivuarapik
Film Details
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Synopsis
Circa 1840. Some Inuit tribes still have never met any white people, although rumors circulate about what they might be, where they come from, and why. Two isolated families meet after many years. It is summer; a happy time to celebrate their reunion, but Ningiuq, an old woman of strength and wisdom, cannot stop worrying. After a successful fishing trip the families decide to dry the winter's catch on a remote island, safe from dogs and other animals. Ningiuq volunteers to take on this chore, seizing the occasion for some time alone. Her grandson, Maniq, follows her, as does the old Kutuguk. The three wait in vain for the return of the hunters as the cold of fall begins. No one comes. Where are they? Kutuguk's last hour passes and Ningiuq and Maniq bury her. When the first snow falls Ningiuq decides to return to the main camp with Maniq to see what happened to the others. But there are no others. Everyone is dead. Beside their bloated corpses, Ningiuq finds objects known to belong to the white foreigners--a steel needle, a tin cup. Stunned, Ningiuq and Maniq go back to the relative safety of their island. What can they do now? If they are completely alone in this world what is the meaning of survival? Ningiuq tries desperately to protect Maniq from the loneliness of being the last human being on earth. Until one day, in the dark of the winter, she senses her own death coming. What is she to do?
Crew
Atuat Akkitirq
Susan Avingaq
Susan Avingaq
Norman Cohn
Norman Cohn
Norman Cohn
Marie-helene Cousineau
Marie-helene Cousineau
Arnaud Derimay
Louise Dugal
Madeline Ivalu
Zacharias Kunuk
Felix Lajeunesse
Felix Lajeunesse
Richard Lavoie
Anna Mcgarrigle
Kate Mcgarrigle
Jorn Riel
Stephane Rituit
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 2, 2009
Released in United States October 2008
Released in United States January 2009
Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Flash Forward) October 2-10, 2008.
Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-19, 2009.
Based on the novel "For morgendagen" by Jorn Riel and published in 1975.
Released in United States Winter December 2, 2009
Released in United States October 2008 (Shown at Pusan International Film Festival (Flash Forward) October 2-10, 2008.)
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Sundance Film Festival (World Cinema Dramatic Competition) January 15-25, 2009.)
Released in United States January 2009 (Shown at Palm Springs International Film Festival (World Cinema Now) January 6-19, 2009.)
