101m •
2003
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.
1940•
6.1
2013•
0
2011•
4.7
2010•
6.0
2001•
6.8
2009•
6.6
2000•
5.7
2010•
4.1
2013•
6.8
1994•
6.3
2015•
6.1
2011•
5.4
2014•
5.2
2011•
6.5
2020•
6.5
2021•
6.4
2014•
5.2
2001•
6.1
South Pacific Pictures • NZ
Pandora Film • DE
ApolloMedia • DE
New Zealand Film Production Fund •
New Zealand Film Commission • NZ
NZ on Air • NZ
Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen • DE
Budget: $8000000
Revenue: $41400000
