| Uniform Title |
Whale rider (Motion picture : 2002) |
| Title |
Whale rider. |
| Edition |
20th Anniversary edition. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Madman Entertainment, ©2022. |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (101 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Sony Pictures Home Entertainment : SPP0036. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. |
| Based on The Whale Rider by Witi Ihimaera. |
| "In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future." -- Cover. |
| Credits |
Directed and screenplay by Niki Caro. |
| Performers |
Keisha Castle-Hughes, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, Cliff Curtis. |
| 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 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. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1/2.0 ; PAL ; Region 4 ; Anamorphic widescreen 16:9. |
| Language note |
English. [CC] English Captions [descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired]. |
| Awards note |
World cinema audience award, Sundance Film Festival, 2003 ; People's choice award, Toronto International Film Festival, 2002 ; Audience award, San Francisco International Film Festival, 2002 ; Audience award, Rotterdam International Film Festival, 2002. |
| Subjects |
Ihimaera, Witi Tame, -- 1944-Film adaptations |
| Fate and fatalism -- Drama |
| Grandparent and child -- New Zealand -- Drama |
| Maori (New Zealand people) -- Drama |
| Feature films -- New Zealand |
| Genre |
Coming-of-age films |
| Domestic drama (Motion pictures) |
| Film adaptations |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Video recordings for the hearing impaired |
| Other Names |
Caro, Niki director. |
| Castle-Hughes, Keisha, 1990- actor. |
| Haughton, Vicky actor. |
| Paratene, Rawiri actor. |
| Curtis, Cliff, 1968- actor. |
| Ihimaera, Witi Tame, 1944-. Whale rider Motion picture adaptation of (work): |
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