The Necessities of Life

In 1952, an Inuit hunter named Tivii (Natar Ungalaaq, Atanarjuat: The Fast Runner), stricken with tuberculosis, leaves his northern home and family to recuperate in a sanitarium near Quebec City. Uprooted, far from his land and his loved ones, unable to speak French and faced with a completely alien world, Tivii becomes despondent. He refuses to eat and expresses a wish to die. He finds his fading will to live suddenly reinvigorated after his nurse, Carole (Éveline Gélinas), arranges for another young Inuit to be transferred to the same hospital. The boy, an orphan named Kaki . . . Read more >>

Meet the director
Benoit Pilon

January 15, 2010

5:30pm: Reception

6:00pm: Banquet
Immediately following, Pilon will give a talk about the making of the film.

7:30pm: Screening
Following the screening, Pilon will interact with the audience.