Whale Rider
“In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.”
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
Grant Roa
Uncle Rawiri
Mana Taumaunu
Hemi
Rachel House
Shilo
Taungaroa Emile
Willie
Tammy Davis
Dog
Mabel Wharekawa-Burt
Maka
Rawinia Clarke
Miro
Tahei Simpson
Miss Parata
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Roi Taimana
Hemi's Dad
Elizabeth Skeen
Rehua
Rutene Spooner
Parekura
John Sumner
Obstetrician
Jane O'Kane
Anne
- Director
- Niki Caro
- Country
- Germany, New Zealand
- Rating source
- TMDB
- Keywords
- #becoming an adult, #canoe, #chief, #diving, #empowerment, #grandparent grandchild relationship, #loss of loved one, #magic realism, #maori tradition, #modern society, #new zealand, #ocean, #patriarch, #patriarchy, #stick fighting, #swimming underwater, #tradition, #traditional dance, #war dance, #whale, #woman director
