Watch NowWhale Rider (2003)
PG
20/02/2003 (GB)
Drama, Family
1h 41m
- 71% (430 votes)
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In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.
Overview
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
- Niki CaroDirector, Screenplay
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
$8,000,000
Revenue
$41,400,000
Keywords
- diving
- becoming an adult
- grandparent grandchild relationship
- tradition
- loss of loved one
- ocean
- whale
- empowerment
- new zealand
- maori tradition
- chief
- modern society
- canoe
- patriarch
- stick fighting
- patriarchy
- magic realism
- woman director
- swimming underwater
- war dance
- traditional dance
Top Billed Cast
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
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