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Revenue: $41,400,000
Budget: $8,000,000
Profit: + $33,400,000
Movie Details
Tag Line: In the ways of the ancients she found a hope for the future.
Status: Released
Average Rating: 7
Release Date: Jan 30, 2003
Rating: PG-13
Run Time: 1h 41m
Original Language: English
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Production Countries: Germany , New Zealand
Production Companies: South Pacific Pictures , Pandora Film , ApolloMedia
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Synopsis
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.
Crew
Department | Role | Name |
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Sound | Original Music Composer |
Lisa Gerrard
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Writing | Screenplay |
Niki Caro
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Author |
Witi Ihimaera
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Directing | Director |
Niki Caro
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Production | Producer |
John Barnett
Tim Sanders
Frank Hübner
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Camera | Director of Photography |
Leon Narbey
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Editing | Editor |
David Coulson
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Department | Role | Name |