Whale Rider
2003 · 101 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 44,678 VOTES · DIR. Niki Caro
Overview
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 730 lines
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00:01:27 ((Girl Narrating)) In the old days, the land felt a great emptiness.
00:05:19 She died.
00:07:45 You're a man. You can handle it.
00:11:19 - No good to you, you reckon?. - Shh!
00:14:46 We've been all right.
00:18:01 What do you see?.
00:21:43 Where is she?. Why don'tyou bring her?.
00:24:05 -((Grandmother))stop it! - She's no use to me.
00:27:20 Me neither.
00:33:15 - You shouldn't be smoking. - Tryin' to give up, aren't I?.
00:37:03 Then leave.
00:40:10 How come you're hiding around here then?.
00:43:44 I let him think he is, though.
00:45:51 - Hold up. This was a long time ago. - So?.
00:48:57 Bleh! Bleh!
00:52:20 Get lost, you.
00:54:46 You can get sick sitting in a cold bath.
01:02:14 ((pai Narrating)) He was calling to the ancient ones, asking them to help him...
01:08:14 Come on. I want to get up in the front.
01:12:02 for Koro Apirana, my grandfather.
01:15:54 ((person Whistles ))
01:21:22 ((pai Narrating)) It was a test...
01:29:14 ((pai Narrating)) I wasn't scared to die.
01:37:53 (( Chanting Continues ))