Whale Rider
In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.
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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-HughesPaikea Apirana
Rawiri ParateneKoro
Vicky HaughtonNanny Flowers
Cliff CurtisPorourangi
Grant RoaUncle RawiriMana TaumaunuHemi
Rachel HouseShilo
Taungaroa EmileWillie
Tammy DavisDogMabel WharekawaMaka
Rawinia ClarkeMiro
Tahei SimpsonMiss Parata
Crew
DirectorNiki Caro
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Details
Release DateJanuary 30, 2003
Budget$8,000,000
Revenue$41,400,000
LanguagesMaori, English
StudiosSouth Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen
