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Ao: The Last Hunter

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2010 | 84 min | Adventure, History

Monday Morning Maybeearly rating

Why it’s a Monday Morning Maybe

With almost no lasting buzz and soft box office, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.

Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.

Is it for you?

Who'll love it
Aimed squarely at adventure lovers and history buffs. A good one for when you want to be swept off somewhere else.
The mood
Exciting.
The pace
Never drags, at 1 hr 24 min. Done before bedtime.
What might put you off
It's in French, so expect subtitles (or a dub).

When his clan, including his wife and baby girl Néa, are massacred, Ao, a desperate Neandertal man, decides to leave the North country where he has been living for the South where he was born. His aim is to join his twin brother, from whom he was separated when he was nine. On his long and adventurous way home, he meets Aki, a Homo Sapiens woman...

How it earned its rating

  • CriticsNot counted

    Not enough reviews on record yet

  • AudiencesNot counted

    Not measured yet: not enough ratings

  • AwardsNot counted

    No major awards or nominations

  • Box office & staying powerBelow par

    $2 million worldwide; still draws a steady audience long after release

  • Buzz & cultural impactWeak

    About 14K people sought it out in the past year

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Cast & crew

Directed by Jacques Malaterre

  • Helmi DridiAguk
  • Vesela KazakovaUnak
  • Aruna ShieldsAki - Homo sapiens woman who crosses the road to Ao
  • Simon Paul SuttonAo - a Neanderthal whose clan was massacred
  • Yavor VeselinovAka
  • Sara MalaterreWana - the daughter of Ao and four years of Aki
  • Ilian IvanovAo - nine years
  • Craig MorrisBoorh - a clan member of Ao / Itkio
  • AgieThe White Bear