Whale Rider
$15.00
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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Plot:
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.
Genres: Drama, Family
Original Title: Whale Rider
Spoken Language(s): English,
Certification / MPAA Film Rating: PG-13
Other MPAA Film Ratings: PG, 6, U, APTA
Budget: $8,000,000
Revenue: $41,400,000
Rating: 7.2
Vote Count: 118
Status: Released
Release Date: January 30, 2003
Primary Year: 2003
IMDB Link: tt0298228
Home Page: Click here to visit
Runtime: 101min | 1h 41min
Production Countries: New Zealand
Production Companies: South Pacific Pictures
Alternative Titles: Paï, Te Kaieke Tohora, Encantadora de Baleias, La Légende des baleines, Paï : L'Élue d'un peuple nouveau
Videos: Trailer1, Whale Rider – Official Theatrical trailer
- Keisha Castle-Hughes – Paikea Apirana
- Rawiri Paratene – Koro
- Vicky Haughton – Nanny Flowers
- Cliff Curtis – Porourangi
- Grant Roa – Uncle Rawiri
- Mana Taumaunu – Hemi
- Rachel House – Shilo
- Taungaroa Emile – Willie
- Tammy Davis – Dog
- Mabel Wharekawa – Maka
- English – US
- Portuguese – PT
- German – DE
- Mandarin – CN
- Hungarian – HU
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