Whale Rider

7.0 2003 1h 41m Germany

Drama Family

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

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About

In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future. A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Details

Directors

Niki Caro

Writers

Witi Ihimaera, Niki Caro, Joan Scheckel, Gavin Strawhan

Cast

Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis, Grant Roa, Mana Taumaunu, Rachel House, Taungaroa Emile, Tammy Davis, Mabel Wharekawa, Rawinia Clarke, Tahei Simpson, Roi Taimana, Elizabeth Skeen, Rutene Spooner

Production

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

Languages

English, Maori

Countries

Germany, New Zealand