Whale Rider (2003)

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

Run Time: 1h41m | Release: 30 Jan 2003

Genres: Drama | Family |

Budget: $8,000,000.00

Revenue: $41,400,000.00

Production Countries: Germany, New Zealand

7.069 / 10370 Vote Count

Overview:

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.