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Whale Rider (2003)

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

7.1(446)1h 41mJanuary 30, 2003

Niki Caro

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Niki Caro

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Diary

Overview

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

Cast

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Paikea Apirana

Rawiri Paratene

Koro

Vicky Haughton

Nanny Flowers

Cliff Curtis

Porourangi

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Grant Roa

Uncle Rawiri

Rachel House

Shilo

Taungaroa Emile

Willie

Tammy Davis

Dog

Rutene Spooner

Parekura

John Sumner

Obstetrician

Jane O'Kane

Anne

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Status: Released
Original language: English
Release date: January 30, 2003
Budget: $8,000,000
Revenue: $41,400,000
Production: South Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
Country: Germany, New Zealand

Keywords

divingbecoming an adultgrandparent grandchild relationshiptraditionloss of loved one

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