Whale Rider

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Actors: Cliff Curtis , Keisha Castle-Hughes , Rawiri Paratene , Rachel House , Grant Roa , Roi Taimana , Taungaroa Emile , Vicky Haughton , Tammy Davis , Mabel Wharekawa , Tyronne White , Rawinia Clarke , Mana Taumaunu , Elizabeth Skeen , Tahei Simpson

Director: Niki Caro

IMDB Rate: 7.7 out of 10 (21167 votes)

Plot Summary: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 Paikeas 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.