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Whale Rider (2003)

ALL 01/30/2003 (en) Drama, Family 101 Min
  • Release
    01/30/2003
  • Production
    South Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • Rotten tomato
    71%
  • Original title
    Whale Rider
  • Original language
    en
  • Production Cost
  • 41,400,000.00
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In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.

Overview

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.

  1. Niki Caro

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Coulson

    Editor



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Whale Rider (2003) 101 Min

ALL 01/30/2003 (en)
Drama, Family
  • Release 01/30/2003
  • Production
    South Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
  • Original title Whale Rider
  • en
  • Revenue41,400,000.00

In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.

Overview

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.

  1. Niki Caro

    Director

  2. Story

  3. David Coulson

    Editor

  4. Tim Sanders, Frank Hübner, John Barnett

    Producer



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