Movie «Whale Rider» [2003]

Original title: Whale Rider [en]
Poster for the movie «Whale Rider»
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 Germany
New Zealand New Zealand
Budget
$8 000 000
Revenue
$41 400 000
Duration
1 hour 41 minutes
Release status
Released
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Actors
Paikea Apirana poster

Paikea Apirana

Keisha Castle-Hughes
Koro poster

Koro

Rawiri Paratene
Nanny Flowers poster

Nanny Flowers

Vicky Haughton
Porourangi poster

Porourangi

Cliff Curtis
Uncle Rawiri poster

Uncle Rawiri

Grant Roa
Hemi poster

Hemi

Mana Taumaunu
Shilo poster

Shilo

Rachel House
Willie poster

Willie

Taungaroa Emile
Dog poster

Dog

Tammy Davis
Maka poster

Maka

Mabel Wharekawa
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