Whale Rider (2003)

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1h 41m
Running Time

January 30, 2003
Release Date

Whale Rider (2003)

6
/ 10
1 User Ratings
1h 41m
Running Time

January 30, 2003
Release Date

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Plot.

On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their presence there dates back a thousand years or more to a single ancestor, Paikea, who escaped death when his canoe capsized by riding to shore on the back of a whale. From then on, Whangara chiefs, always the first-born, always male, have been considered Paikea's direct descendants. Pai, an 11-year-old girl in a patriarchal New Zealand tribe, believes she is destined to be the new chief. But her grandfather Koro is bound by tradition to pick a male leader. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must fight him and a thousand years of tradition to fulfill her destiny.

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Release Date
January 30, 2003

Status
Released

Running Time
1h 41m

Content Rating
PG-13

Budget
$8,000,000

Box Office
$41,400,000

Filming Locations
New Zealand

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This Movie Is About.

ocean
loss of loved one
tradition
grandparent grandchild relationship
becoming an adult
empowerment
new zealand
maori tradition
chief
modern society
whale
patriarch
stick fighting
canoe
patriarchy
woman director
magic realism
diving
swimming underwater
war dance
traditional dance

Wiki.

Whale Rider is a 2002 New Zealand drama film written and directed by Niki Caro. Based on the 1987 novel The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera, the film stars Keisha Castle-Hughes as Kahu Paikea Apirana, a twelve-year-old Māori girl whose ambition is to become the chief of the tribe. Her grandfather believes that this is a role reserved for males only.

The film was a coproduction between New Zealand and Germany. It was shot on location in Whangara, the setting of the novel. The world premiere was on 9 September 2002, at the Toronto International Film Festival. The film received critical acclaim upon its release. At age 13, Keisha Castle-Hughes became the youngest nominee for the Academy Award for Best Actress before she was surpassed by Quvenzhané Wallis, at age 9, for Beasts of the Southern Wild, in 2012, less than a decade later. The film earned $41.4 million on a NZ$9,235,000 budget. In 2005, the film was named on the BFI List of the 50 Films You Should See By the Age of 14.

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