Genre: Drama, Family Director: Caro, Niki IMDB rating 7.90 / 10 Download DVD-version Download DivX-version (.avi file, 700mb) Download iPod-version Related tags: ancestor, animal-tooth, apology, artist, baby, based-on-novel, bathtub-scene, beach, beached-whale, bicycle, birth, canoe, child, childbirth, concert, culture, death-in-childbirth, family-relationships, father-daughter-relationship, father-son-relationship, flatulence, girl, granddaughter, grandfather, grandfather-granddaughter-relationship, grandmother, grandmother-granddaughter-relationship, heritage, hospital, independent-film, interracial-relationship, jogging, loss-of-mother, loss-of-son, loss-of-wife, love, maori, maori-culture, marriage, martial-arts, motorboat, narration, new-zealand, pregnancy, profanity, prologue, rope, rural, school-bus, school-pageant, sexism, shadow-puppet, single-father, slide-show, smoking, social-commentary, speech, swimming, teacher, title-spoken-by-character, tongue, tradition, trophy, twins, uncle, uncle-niece-relationship, underwater, warrior-race, warrior-woman, whale, whale-rider |
Taglines: In the ways of the Ancients, she found a hope for the futureOne young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future hWale Rider, Wahle Rider, Whlae Rider, Whael Rider, Whal eRider, WhaleR ider, Whale iRder, Whale Rdier, Whale Riedr, Whale Ridre, Whale Ridre, hale Rider, Wale Rider, Whle Rider, Whae Rider, Whal Rider, WhaleRider, Whale ider, Whale Rder, Whale Rier, Whale Ridr, Whale Ride, WWhale Rider, Whhale Rider, Whaale Rider, Whalle Rider, Whalee Rider, Whale Rider, Whale RRider, Whale Riider, Whale Ridder, Whale Rideer, Whale Riderr, Plot: 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 Paikea's 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. |