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Language
  
Inuktitut

6.8/10
IMDb

Genre
  
Drama, Family

Country
  
Canada

Before Tomorrow movie poster

Director
  
Marie-Helene Cousineau Madeline Ivalu

Release date
  
September 7, 2008 (2008-09-07) (Toronto) March 27, 2009 (2009-03-27) (Canada)

Writer
  
Susan Avingaq, Marie-Helene Cousineau, Madeline Ivalu, Jorn Riel (novel)

Directors
  
Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Marie-Helene Cousineau

Cast
  
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
(Apak),
Madeline Piujuq Ivalu
(Ninioq),
Paul-Dylan Ivalu
(Maniq),
Mary Qulitalik
(Kuutujuk),
Tumasie Sivuarapik
(Kukik)

Music director
  
Anna McGarrigle, Kate McGarrigle, Joel Zifkin

Screenplay
  
Madeline Piujuq Ivalu, Marie-Helene Cousineau, Susan Avingaq

Similar movies
  
Movies about Inuit, Dramas

Before tomorrow


Before Tomorrow (French title Le jour avant le lendemain) is a Canadian drama film, released in 2008. Directed by Marie-Hélène Cousineau and Madeline Ivalu, the film is an adaptation of the novel Før Morgendagen by Danish writer Jørn Riel. It was the third film released by Igloolik Isuma Productions, an Inuit film studio best known for the film Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner, and is the first feature film to be made by Arnait Video Productions, a women's Inuit film collective.

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Set in a small Inuit community in the Nunavik region of northern Quebec in the 1840s, the film stars Madeline Ivalu as Ninioq, an Inuk elder isolated with her grandson Maniq (Paul-Dylan Ivalu) after most of their community perishes from smallpox transmitted by strange traders. The film's cast also includes Mary Qulitalik as Kuutujuk, Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq as Apak and Tumasie Sivuarapik as Kukik. The film was shot near Puvirnituq in Nunavik, northern Quebec.

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Awards

The film garnered numerous Genie Award nominations at the 30th Genie Awards, including Best Motion Picture, Best Actor (Paul-Dylan Ivalu), Best Actress (Madeline Ivalu), Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won the award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival.

References

Before Tomorrow Wikipedia
Before Tomorrow IMDb Before Tomorrow themoviedb.org