Whale Rider
DramaFamily
7/10
|NZ
|en
|101 min
Release Date: 2003-01-30
Overview - A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Māori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.
Production Companies
South Pacific PicturesPandora FilmApolloMediaNew Zealand Film Production FundNew Zealand Film CommissionNZ on Air
User Reviews
CinemaSerf
7/10
In a cinematic world where tens of millions can be dropped on big names, endless CGI and mediocre writing it’s nice to come across something that strips back the story and the characterisations to something more natural. This is one such film. The Whangara people have lived their way, in their community, since long before New Zealand came into being as a nation and all based on the legend of “Paik...
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