Whale Rider
A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Year: 2003
Studio: South Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Director: Niki Caro
Cast: Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu
Crew: Niki Caro (Director), Witi Ihimaera (Author), Niki Caro (Screenplay), John Barnett (Producer), Lisa Gerrard (Original Music Composer), Leon Narbey (Director of Photography)
Runtime: 101 minutes
Release: Jan 30, 2003
IMDb: 7.00/10 by 440 users
Popularity: 2
Country: Germany, New Zealand
Language: English,
Budget: 8
Revenue: 41
Keyword : 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
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