Whale Rider
Movie| Title | Whale Rider |
| User score | 7.1 |
| Release date | Jan 30, 2003 |
| Genre | Drama, Family |
| Director | Niki Caro |
| Production country | Germany, New Zealand |
| Production companies | South Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen |
| Budget | $8,000,000 |
| Revenue | $41,400,000 |
| Run time | 101 min. |
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.
Videos
Whale Rider movie trailer preview from cheapflix
May 18, 2008
whale rider official film trailer 2002
Feb 12, 2015
Whale Rider 20th Anniversary Edition - Official Trailer
Oct 18, 2022
