Whale Rider

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Whale Rider

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Whale Rider

Release Date: January 30, 2003

Year    :   2003
Slogan    :   «In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.»
Genres    :   Drama, Family
Production Companies    :   South Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia
Director    :   Niki Caro
Producers    :   John Barnett, Tim Sanders, Frank Hübner
Writers    :   Niki Caro, Witi Ihimaera
RunTime    :   101 mins.
Budget    :   8000000
Revenue    :   41400000

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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