ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒥᒃ ᖃᕋᓴᐅᔭᒃᑯᕈᓐᓇᐅᑎᖃᕐᐲᑦ? ᓱᒃᑲᔪᒧᐊᕐᓗᑎᑦ

ᑕᕆᔭᕋᓱᒃᑕᐃᑦ ᓱᒃᑲᐃᓗᐊᕐᐸ? ᐊᓯᓪᓕᕐᓗᒍ ᓱᒃᑲᐃᓂᕐᓴᒧᑦ ᑕᑯᒃᓴᐅᓇᕐᑐᒧᑦ

Before Tomorrow

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Synopsis

Circa 1840. Two isolated families meet after many years. It is summer; a happy time to celebrate their reunion. Despite the joyful mood, Ningiuq, an old woman of strength and wisdom, cannot stop worrying. Is it the illness of her best friend, Kutuguk, who is preparing to die? Or is it the strange foreign object that Maniq, her favourite grandson, found on the beach? 

After a successful fishing season, the families decide to dry the winter's catch on a remote island. Ningiuq volunteers to take on this chore. Her faithful grandson Maniq follows her, as does the old Kutuguk. As the cold of fall begins the three wait in vain for the hunters to return. When the first snow falls Ningiuq decides to return to the main camp with Maniq to see what has happened to the others.

Based on the novel For Morgendaggen by Jorn Riel.

DIRECTED BY
Marie-Hélène Cousineau
Madeline Piujuq Ivalu

STARRING
Madeline Piujuq Ivalu
Paul-Dylan Ivalu
Peter-Henry Arnatsiaq
Mary Qulitalik
Tumasie Sivuarapik

BASED ON THE NOVEL
“For Morgendagen” by Jorn Riel

SCREENPLAY
Marie-Hélène Cousineau
Madeline Piujuq Ivalu
Susan Avingaq

MUSIC
Kate and Anna McGarrigle

DIRECTORS OF PHOTOGRAPHY
Norman Cohn
Félix Lajeunesse

PRODUCTION DESIGN
Susan Avingaq

COSTUMES
Atuat Akittirq
Micheline Ammaq

EDITORS
Norman Cohn
Marie-Hélène Cousineau
Félix Lajeunesse
Louise Dugal

EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
Zacharias Kunuk
Norman Cohn

PRODUCER
Stéphane Rituit

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