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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.
Production Company: South Pacific Pictures, Pandora Film, ApolloMedia, New Zealand Film Production Fund, New Zealand Film Commission, NZ on Air, Filmstiftung Nordrhein-Westfalen,
Country: Germany, New Zealand
Genre: Drama, Family
1h 35m
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The Favourite
The English Patient
Slumdog Millionaire
Cabaret
Oppenheimer
Schindler's List
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Artist
The King's Speech
The Last Emperor
A Man for All Seasons
Gandhi
Gravity
Titanic
Ben-Hur
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