Whale Rider

Whale Rider

Whale Rider

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

Release date : 2003-01-30

Production country :

Germany,

New Zealand

Production company :

South Pacific Pictures,

Pandora Film,

ApolloMedia,

New Zealand Film Production Fund,

New Zealand Film Commission,

NZ on Air,

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Status : Released

Durasi : 101 Min.

Popularity : 12.531

7.063

Total Vote : 405

Drama

Family

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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.

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