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.
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00:01:27 ((Girl Narrating)) In the old days, the land felt a great emptiness.
00:05:19 She died.
00:07:42 He start that early with me?.
00:11:05 - ((paikea speaking In Maori)) - ((Footsteps Falling))
00:14:34 You know, I got a gallery interested. Had some good shows.
00:17:46 - How long ago?. - Long time.
00:21:29 (( Clears Throat )) Actually, she's pregnant.
00:23:51 Yeah, because why?. I had a daughter?.
00:26:57 And what if he wasn't?.
00:32:40 Not now, pai.
00:35:28 (( Singing In Maori ))
00:39:29 (( Cries out ))
00:42:00 I'll do it.
00:45:21 Not golf. Taiaha.
00:48:16 Your head will be stuck on the end of my stick."
00:51:25 - Hey. - Hey.
00:54:02 You want these boys to fail?.
00:57:15 It's all right, man.
01:06:14 - Got this for Dad's tea. - Lovely. pop it in the sink.
01:09:49 << I could've sailed <<<<
01:14:34 not just the ones that've been chosen.
01:19:16 He died.
01:23:23 (( All Shouting ))
01:33:12 If that little one wakes up, I'm gonna give up the smokes.