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Whale Rider

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

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Status: Released

Released Date: 2003-01-30

Runtime: 101 mins

Director: Niki Caro

Spoken language: , English

Genres: Drama, Family

Original title: Whale Rider

Production Companies: South Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen

Production Countries: Germany, New Zealand

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