- Directed by:
- Niki Caro
- Writers:
- Witi IhimaeraNiki Caro
- Starring:
- Keisha Castle-HughesRawiri ParateneVicky HaughtonCliff CurtisGrant RoaMana Taumaunu...
- Release Date:
- 9 September 2002 Canada ...
- Genres:
- DramaFamily
- Runtime:
- 101 min
- Color:
- Color
- Other Info:
- CameraArriflex Cameras / LaboratoryAtlab Film Laboratory, New Zealand / Procine Filmtechnik, Neuss, Germany / Film negative format (mm/video inches)35 mm (Eastman Kodak) /
- Also Called:
- A Bálnalovas Hungary, Encantadora de Baleias Brazil, Geliebte Giganten - Wale Germany, Jinete de ballenas Argentina, Légende des baleines, La Canada (French title), Paï France, Ragazza delle balene, La Italy, Te kaieke tohora New Zealand (Maori title), Valasratsastaja Finland,
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 tr
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