The Necessities of Life

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Feb 13, 2015 Beautiful photography. A heart-rending story which will resonate with everyone who has had contact with indigenous contact experiences. See more

Jul 11, 2012 Fascinating, heartbreaking tale spun like an Inuit legend. See more

Aug 17, 2011 I'm not one to like art house films much, but this is a really beautiful, emotional one with outstanding acting. I wanted to get to bed as it was 3am, but had to watch this until the end! See more

May 2, 2011 The necessities of life was added to Netflix Canada last week so I was happily surprised as this was #1 on my cinemail queue, meaning I could get it for free instead of wasting one of my 2 mailed DVDs. I digress, this is a film about how an Eskimo is abruptly taken from his family to recuperate from TB in a Quebec City hospital where he doesnt speak any French and finds himself extremely lonely. Its an unusual topic, all things considered but an interesting story nonetheless and it deals with the issues very well. I enjoyed the acting of Natar Ungalaaq very much, he has an expressive face and you cannot help but warm to him, he brings a lot of warmth and character to the role of TiiVii. The ending is incredibly and unnecessarily sad, I got annoyed at that because the film would have been much better for a happy ending I think. The vogue these days is to not do a happy ending but I for one think that the happy ending should make a comeback. Favourite scene : TiiVii and the preist convince the elder to allow him to adopt Kaki by lying about his Catholic credentials. See more

Jul 15, 2010 Classique, mais intéressant. Les thèmes sont abordés avec justesse, et l'acteur inuit est épatant. See more

Jul 9, 2010 The Necessities of Life is an interesting story of an Inuit who has to leave his family and home behind for medical treatment in Quebec. It explores the cultural gap between Inuits and French Canadians. I enjoyed the drama of the film and it was well acted. I liked how there was no forced humour in the film. Great watch. See more

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