Whale Rider

Genres:

Drama | World Cinema

Languages:

English

Reviews:

1 reviews

Format:

DVD

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Director

Niki Caro

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Ciaran from Dublin, 23 Apr 2007

An excellent little film about a coming-of-age girls relationship with her caring but hard-lined grandfather. Set in the patriarchal Maori world where women have very little say comes a girl who believes she is more than just the average and sets out to find out who she really is. Well shot and acted and well worth it.

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Love, rejection and triumph as a young Maori girl fights to fulfil a destiny her grandfather steadfastly refuses to recognize... This beautiful and enchanting film was just awarded the the Feature Film Children's BAFTA award. Keisha Castle-Hughes earned an Oscar nomination for her outstanding performance.