Jan 30, 2003
101 min
Full-HD

Whale Rider (2003)

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

Category

Drama Family

Country

Germany New Zealand

Companies

South Pacific Pictures Pandora Film ApolloMedia New Zealand Film Production Fund New Zealand Film Commission NZ on Air Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen

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

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