Whale Rider( 2003)
Score
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.
Top Billed Cast
Keisha Castle-Hughes
Paikea Apirana
Rawiri Paratene
Koro
Vicky Haughton
Nanny Flowers
Cliff Curtis
Porourangi
Grant Roa
Uncle Rawiri
Mana Taumaunu
Hemi
Rachel House
Shilo
Taungaroa Emile
Willie
Tammy Davis
Dog
Mabel Wharekawa
Maka
Rawinia Clarke
Miro
Tahei Simpson
Miss Parata
Roi Taimana
Hemi's Dad
Elizabeth Skeen
Rehua
Rutene Spooner
Parekura
John Sumner
Obstetrician
Jane O'Kane
Anne
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Facts
Status
Released
Original Language
English
Budget
8000000.00
Revenue
41400000.00
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