Whale Rider
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Fri 28 May 2004 // 19:00
Fri 28th May/ 7pm/ £3/£4
Whalerider
(Niki Caro/ New Zealand /2002 /101 mins/ 35mm/ cert:PG)
A magical and deeply moving story of a young girl's struggle to fulfil her destiny, Whale Rider is the critically aclaimed and award-winning film from New Zealand filmmaker Niki Caro.
In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation, a male heir has succeeded to the chiefly title. The time is now. When twins are born, and the boy twin dies, Koro, the chief, is unable to accept his grand-daughter, Pai, as a future leader.
A few years later, Koro is convinced that the tribe's misfortunes began at Pai's birth and calls for his people to bring their sons to him, in the hope that the new leader is among them. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must stand up to him and a thousand years of tradition to reveal the true way forward.
Soundtrack by Lisa Gerrard.
Whalerider
(Niki Caro/ New Zealand /2002 /101 mins/ 35mm/ cert:PG)
A magical and deeply moving story of a young girl's struggle to fulfil her destiny, Whale Rider is the critically aclaimed and award-winning film from New Zealand filmmaker Niki Caro.
In a small New Zealand coastal village, Maori claim descent from Paikea, the Whale Rider. In every generation, a male heir has succeeded to the chiefly title. The time is now. When twins are born, and the boy twin dies, Koro, the chief, is unable to accept his grand-daughter, Pai, as a future leader.
A few years later, Koro is convinced that the tribe's misfortunes began at Pai's birth and calls for his people to bring their sons to him, in the hope that the new leader is among them. Pai loves Koro more than anyone in the world, but she must stand up to him and a thousand years of tradition to reveal the true way forward.
Soundtrack by Lisa Gerrard.