Original title:
Whale Rider
[en]
Whale Rider
[en]
In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.
On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.
Genre
Drama, Family
Country
Germany 
New Zealand
New Zealand
Budget
$8 000 000
Revenue
$41 400 000
Duration
1 hour 41 minutes
Release status
Released
Actors
Paikea Apirana
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Koro
Rawiri Paratene
Nanny Flowers
Vicky Haughton
Porourangi
Cliff Curtis
Uncle Rawiri
Grant Roa
Hemi
Mana Taumaunu
Shilo
Rachel House
Willie
Taungaroa Emile
Dog
Tammy Davis
Maka
Mabel Wharekawa
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