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Aningaaq

Aningaaq

20136.70h 7m

Overview

Aningaaq, an Inuit fisherman camping on the ice over a frozen fjord, talks through a two way radio with a dying astronaut who is stranded in space, 500 kilometers above Earth. Even though he doesn't speak English and she doesn't speak Greenlandic, they manage to have a conversation about dogs, babies, life and death.

Directed by Jonás Cuarón
Written by Jonás Cuarón
Produced by Jonás Cuarón, Gabriela Rodríguez, Nikki Penny
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Top Cast

Orto Ignatiussen

Orto Ignatiussen

Aningaaq

Sandra Bullock

Sandra Bullock

Dr. Ryan Stone

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Lajla Lange

Mother

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Maligiaq Fredeik

Baby (as Maligiaq F. L. Siegstad)

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Lange Siegstad

Baby (as Maligiaq F. L. Siegstad)

Themes & Keywords

language barrierinuitdogham radioeskimoshort film

About Aningaaq

Aningaaq is a drama film released in 2013 exploring themes of language barrier, inuit, dog, ham radio, eskimo, short film. Directed by Jonás Cuarón, it stars Orto Ignatiussen, Sandra Bullock, Lajla Lange. Aningaaq, an Inuit fisherman camping on the ice over a frozen fjord, talks through a two way radio with a dying astronaut who is stranded in space, 500 kilometers above Earth. Even though he doesn't speak English and she doesn't speak Greenlandic, they manage to have a conversation about dogs, babies, life and death.

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