The — Savage Innocents

In the vast, shifting white of the Canadian Arctic, a hunter named Inuk lives by a code older than memory. His world is defined by the immediate: the warmth of a seal skin, the weight of a harpoon, and the necessity of "laughing"—his term for the companionship and intimacy shared with a wife.

When a missionary visits Inuk’s igloo, Inuk offers him the highest forms of Inuit hospitality: food and the company of his wife. The missionary, bound by Western morals, is horrified and rejects the offers. In Inuk’s eyes, this is a deep, inexplicable insult to his home. In the ensuing struggle, Inuk accidentally kills the man. The Savage Innocents

For a long time, Inuk is alone, but eventually, he finds Asiak. Their life is a ritual of survival until the outside world creeps in, first through the thunder of a rifle and then at a distant trading post filled with loud music and confusing bartering. It is here that the collision of worlds turns deadly. In the vast, shifting white of the Canadian