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Whale Rider

20037.1 / 10101 min

Drama, Family

Overview

In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.

A contemporary story of love, rejection, and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfill a destiny her grandfather refuses to recognize.

Cast

Keisha Castle-Hughes

Paikea Apirana

Rawiri Paratene

Koro

Vicky Haughton

Nanny Flowers

Cliff Curtis

Porourangi

Grant Roa

Uncle Rawiri

Mana Taumaunu

Hemi

Rachel House

Shilo

Taungaroa Emile

Willie

Tammy Davis

Dog

Mabel Wharekawa

Maka

Rawinia Clarke

Miro

Tahei Simpson

Miss Parata

Roi Taimana

Hemi's Dad

Elizabeth Skeen

Rehua

Rutene Spooner

Parekura

John Sumner

Obstetrician

Jane O'Kane

Anne

Crew

Tim Sanders

Producer

Frank Hübner

Producer

David Coulson

Editor

John Barnett

Producer

Niki Caro

Screenplay

Leon Narbey

Director of Photography

Witi Ihimaera

Author

Lisa Gerrard

Original Music Composer

Niki Caro

Director

Linda Goldstein Knowlton

Executive Producer

Gavin Strawhan

Script Consultant

Josef Steinbüchel

Sound Designer

Reinhard Brundig

Co-Producer

James Mok

Title Designer

Kirsty Cameron

Costume Design

Christina Asher

Casting

Witi Ihimaera

Associate Producer

Mark Harris

Stunt Coordinator

Stefan Korte

Sound Re-Recording Mixer

Grant Major

Production Design

Diana Rowan

Casting

David Madigan

Sound Recordist

Stuart Turner

Casting

Stephan Colli

Sound Designer

Denise Kum

Makeup Supervisor

Riwia Fox

Casting Assistant

Mirko Reinhard

Sound Designer

Sigmund Spath

Underwater Director of Photography

George Maihoefer

Visual Effects Supervisor

Joan Scheckel

Script Consultant

André Zimmermann

Sound Designer

Wilmont Schulze

Foley Artist