Whale Rider

June. 06,2003      PG-13
Rating:
7.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Keisha Castle-Hughes as  Paikea Apirana
Rawiri Paratene as  Koro
Vicky Haughton as  Nanny Flowers
Cliff Curtis as  Porourangi
Grant Roa as  Uncle Rawiri
Rachel House as  Shilo
Taungaroa Emile as  Willie
Tammy Davis as  Dog
Rutene Spooner as  Parekura
John Sumner as  Obstetrician

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