Whale Rider
IMDB Rating: 7.90, 12227 votes
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Taglines
- In the ways of the Ancients, she found a hope for the future
- One young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future
Storyline
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.
Actors
| Paikea | Keisha Castle-Hughes |
| Koro | Rawiri Paratene |
| Nanny Flowers | Vicky Haughton |
| Porourangi | Cliff Curtis |
| Uncle Rawiri | Grant Roa |
| Hemi | Mana Taumaunu |
| Shilo | Rachel House |
| Willie | Taungaroa Emile |
| Dog | Tammy Davis |
| Maka | Mabel Wharekawa |
| Miro | Rawinia Clarke |
| Miss Parata | Tahei Simpson |
| Hemi's Dad | Roi Taimana |
| Rehua | Elizabeth Skeen |
| Jake | Tyronne White |
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Posted in: 2002, Drama, Family, High IMDB rating
Tagged: ancestor, animal tooth, apology, artist, baby, based on novel, bathtub scene, beach, beached whale, bicycle, birth, canoe, child, childbirth, concert, culture, death in childbirth, family relationships, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, flatulence, girl, granddaughter, grandfather, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grandmother, grandmother granddaughter relationship, heritage, hospital, independent film, interracial relationship, jogging, loss of mother, loss of son, loss of wife, love, maori, maori culture, marriage, martial arts, motorboat, narration, new zealand, pregnancy, profanity, prologue, rope, rural, school bus, school pageant, sexism, shadow puppet, single father, slide show, smoking, social commentary, speech, swimming, teacher, title spoken by character, tongue, tradition, trophy, twins, uncle, uncle niece relationship, underwater, warrior race, warrior woman, whale, whale rider
Whale Rider
IMDB Rating: 7.90, 12227 votes
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- In the ways of the Ancients, she found a hope for the future
- One young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future
Storyline ActorsPosted in: 2002, Drama, Family, High IMDB rating
Tagged: ancestor, animal tooth, apology, artist, baby, based on novel, bathtub scene, beach, beached whale, bicycle, birth, canoe, child, childbirth, concert, culture, death in childbirth, family relationships, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, flatulence, girl, granddaughter, grandfather, grandfather granddaughter relationship, grandmother, grandmother granddaughter relationship, heritage, hospital, independent film, interracial relationship, jogging, loss of mother, loss of son, loss of wife, love, maori, maori culture, marriage, martial arts, motorboat, narration, new zealand, pregnancy, profanity, prologue, rope, rural, school bus, school pageant, sexism, shadow puppet, single father, slide show, smoking, social commentary, speech, swimming, teacher, title spoken by character, tongue, tradition, trophy, twins, uncle, uncle niece relationship, underwater, warrior race, warrior woman, whale, whale rider