Whale Rider

Jan 30, 2003

1h 41m

★ 7.0

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 Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

South Pacific Pictures

Pandora Film

ApolloMedia

New Zealand Film Production Fund

New Zealand Film Commission

NZ on Air

Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Whale Rider Trailers

Cast

Paikea Apirana

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Koro

Rawiri Paratene

Nanny Flowers

Vicky Haughton

Porourangi

Cliff Curtis

Uncle Rawiri

Grant Roa

Hemi

Mana Taumaunu

Shilo

Rachel House

Willie

Taungaroa Emile

Dog

Tammy Davis

Maka

Mabel Wharekawa

Miro

Rawinia Clarke

Miss Parata

Tahei Simpson

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