Whale Rider

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

Sinopse

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

7.1
2003
Released
1h 41m

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

John Sumner

Status

Released

Original Language

Budget

$8,000,000.00

Revenue

$41,400,000.00

Keywords

#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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