Whale Rider

Drama • Family

71%
Whale Rider
Whale Rider
PG-13
6/6/20031h 41m

Theatrical Release (US)

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

Overview:

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

Director:

Niki Caro

Status:

Released

Language:

English

Buget:

$8,000,000.00

Revenue:

$41,400,000.00

Key words:

  • 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

Cast

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Keisha Castle-Hughes

~ as ~

Paikea Apirana

Rawiri Paratene

Rawiri Paratene

~ as ~

Koro

Vicky Haughton

Vicky Haughton

~ as ~

Nanny Flowers

Cliff Curtis

Cliff Curtis

~ as ~

Porourangi

Grant Roa

Grant Roa

~ as ~

Uncle Rawiri

Mana Taumaunu

~ as ~

Hemi

Rachel House

Rachel House

~ as ~

Shilo

Taungaroa Emile

Taungaroa Emile

~ as ~

Willie

Tammy Davis

Tammy Davis

~ as ~

Dog

Mabel Wharekawa

~ as ~

Maka

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