Whale Rider

Whale Rider

Whale Rider

In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.

Release date : 2003-01-30

Production country :
Germany, New Zealand

Production company :
South Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Durasi : 101 Min.

Popularity : 1

7.06

Total Vote : 413

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.

Related Movies✨

Movies
Magnolia
Magnolia

1999

7.72
Movies
Longing
Longing

2006

6.40
Movies
Rain Man
Rain Man

1988

7.75
Movies
Chocolat
Chocolat

2000

6.97