Whale Rider Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Last modified: Dec. 22, 2008

Whale Rider

Director: Niki Caro

Starring: Keisha Castle-Hughes • Rawiri Paratene • Vicky Haughton • Cliff Curtis • Rawinia Clarke

PG-13 Drama N/A

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Plot: One young girl dared to confront the past, change the present and determine the future. On the east coast of New Zealand, the Whangara people - or Whangara iwi - 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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Keisha Castle-Hughes
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Rawiri Paratene
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Vicky Haughton
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Cliff Curtis
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Rawinia Clarke
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Tammy Davis
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Taungaroa Emile
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Grant Roa
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Tahei Simpson
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Elizabeth Skeen
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A look at Whale Rider behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Niki Caro last helmed The Mother and Mulan.

Dec 2004

Changed Whale Rider movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

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Parent Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for brief language, a momentary drug reference
Runtime: N/A
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Language: English

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Whale Rider was released in on Friday, June 6 , 2003. There were three other movies released on the same date, including The Eye, 2 Fast 2 Furious and Love the Hard Way.