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WHALE RIDER (Whale Rider)

Directed by: Niki Caro
Cast list: Keisha Castle-Huges, Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton
Country: New Zealand, Germany
Year: 2002
Genres: Drama /
Runtime: 105 min.
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Based on a novel by Witi Ihimaera. 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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Subjects: Spanish language and literature / English language / Natural science and social sciences (Primary School) / Citizenship (Primary School) / Social Science, Geography and History / Citizenship (Secondary School) / Literature / Contemporary world /

Topics: education in human values / women (and/or violence against women) / children, children’s rights / cultural diversity, immigration, emigration / human geography / animal world and pets / human relations, psychology, sociology / family, family relationships / film adaptation of literary or graphic work /

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