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Synopsis. The film's plot follows the story of Paikea Apirana ("Pai") [In the book, her name is Kahu, short for Kahutia Te Rangi], a 12-year-old girl who is the only living child in the line of the tribe's chiefly succession following the death of her twin brother and mother when she was born. By tradition, the leader should be the first-born ...
Whale Rider: 15th Anniversary Edition. 2017 • 101 minutes. 4.9star. 39 reviews. 91%. Tomatometer. PG-13. ... Ratings and reviews aren’t verified info_outline ...
Jun 6, 2003 · As Koro educates local boys in ancient mysticism and the martial arts, Pai trains in secret, evoking the anger of Koro, whose ancestor, legend has it, arrived in their village on the back of a ...
Jun 6, 2003 · Synopsis by Andrea LeVasseur. Based on the novel of the same name by Maori writer Witi Ihimaera, Whale Rider is a unique family drama directed Niki Caro. On the eastern coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people believe their ancestor Paikea was saved from drowning by riding home on the back of a whale. The tribal group has since granted ...
The film comes to a head when Pai, devastated by Koro's absence, gives a prize-winning speech about her love of her grandfather through tears. Unbeknownst to Pai, Koro was waylaid by the anguishing sight of whales beaching themselves. "Whale Rider's" effectiveness is mostly due to the fact that writer/director Caro keeps it from being a ...
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 ...
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