鲸骑士 Whale Rider (2002)
导演: 妮琪·卡罗
编剧: 妮琪·卡罗 / 威提·依希马埃拉
主演: 凯莎·卡斯特-休伊斯 / 拉维里·帕拉特恩 / 薇姬·浩顿 / 克利夫·柯蒂斯 / 格兰特·罗阿
类型: 剧情 / 家庭
官方网站: www.whaleriderthemovie.com
制片国家/地区: 新西兰 / 德国
语言: 英语 / 毛利语
上映日期: 2003-01-30(新西兰)
片长: 101 分钟
又名: 鲸鱼骑士 / 驭鲸少女 / Te kaieke tohora
IMDb链接: tt0298228
剧情简介
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.
Keisha Castle-Hughes在当时提名时是史上最年轻的奥斯卡影后提名者，当然现在被Quvenzhané Wallis打破了纪录。