Whale Rider (2003) [PG-13]
Release Date:
January 30, 2003
Original Title:
Whale Rider
Alternate Titles:
Encantadora de Baleias
La Légende des baleines
Paï
Paï : L'Élue d'un peuple nouveau
Te Kaieke Tohora
Valasratsastaja
Genres:
Drama | Family
Production Companies:
ApolloMedia
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
NZ on Air
New Zealand Film Commission
New Zealand Film Production Fund
Pandora Film
South Pacific Pictures
Production Countries:
Germany | New Zealand
Ratings / Certifications:
AU: PG CA: 14A CZ: U DE: 6 ES: APTA FI: K-12 FR: U GB: PG IE: PG JP: PG12 KR: All US: PG-13
Runtime: 101
In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.
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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